2 Kings 3:11-13

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  3:12 Jehoshaphat said, “The Lord speaks through him.” ³  So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to visit him.

3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? ⁴  Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.”

2 Kings 3:2

3:2 He did evil in the sight of ⁵  the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.

2 Kings 18:6-7

18:6 He was loyal to ⁶  the Lord and did not abandon him. ⁷  He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to ⁸  Moses. 18:7 The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. ⁹  He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him. ¹⁰ 

[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.

[3:12]  ³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord is with him.”

[3:13]  ⁴ tn Or “What do we have in common?” The text reads literally, “What to me and to you?”

[3:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[18:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “he hugged.”

[18:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and did not turn aside from after him.”

[18:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “had commanded.”

[18:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “in all which he went out [to do], he was successful.”

[18:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and did not serve him.”