2 Kings 3:13

3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? ¹  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 4:29

4:29 Elisha ²  told Gehazi, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, ³  and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! ⁴  Place my staff on the child’s face.”

2 Kings 8:8

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift ⁵  and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, ⁶  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

[3:13]  ¹ tn Or “What do we have in common?” The text reads literally, “What to me and to you?”

[4:29]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:29]  ³ tn Heb “take my staff in your hand.”

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “If you meet a man, do not greet him with a blessing; if a man greets you with a blessing, do not answer.”

[8:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”