2 Kings 3:19

3:19 You will defeat every fortified city and every important ¹  city. You must chop down ²  every productive ³  tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left ⁵  except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops ⁶  and trampled on them like dust. ⁷ 

2 Kings 13:23

13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. ⁸  He extended his favor to them ⁹  because of the promise he had made ¹⁰  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. ¹¹ 

2 Kings 15:16

15:16 At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. ¹²  He even ripped open the pregnant women.

2 Kings 24:2

24:2 The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets. ¹³ 

[3:19]  ¹ tn Heb “choice” or “select.”

[3:19]  ² tn Elisha places the object first and uses an imperfect verb form. The stylistic shift may signal that he is now instructing them what to do, rather than merely predicting what would happen.

[3:19]  ³ tn Heb “good.”

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and ruin every good portion with stones.”

[13:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

[13:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

[13:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

[13:23]  ⁹ tn Or “showed them compassion.”

[13:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he turned to them.”

[13:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”

[13:23]  ¹² tn Heb “until now.”

[15:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, for it would not open, and he attacked.”

[24:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.”