2 Kings 3:11

3:11 Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord’s direction?” ¹  One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.” ² 

2 Kings 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease ³  were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? ⁴ 

2 Kings 2:2

2:2 Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” ⁵  But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ⁶  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

2:6 Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.

2 Kings 7:4

7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, ⁷  and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect ⁸  to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, ⁹  we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.” ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 10:21

10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 10:23

10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu ¹²  said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” ¹³ 

2 Kings 21:16

21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, ¹⁴  in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁵ 

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “that we might inquire of the Lord through him?”

[3:11]  ² tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.

[7:3]  ³ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “until we die.”

[2:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[2:4]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city and we will die there.”

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fall.”

[7:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “keep us alive.”

[7:4]  ¹² tn Heb “we will die.” The paraphrastic translation attempts to bring out the logical force of their reasoning.

[10:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

[10:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”

[21:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”

[21:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”