2 Kings 4:29

4:29 Elisha ¹  told Gehazi, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, ²  and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! ³  Place my staff on the child’s face.”

2 Kings 10:5

10:5 So the palace supervisor, ⁴  the city commissioner, ⁵  the leaders, ⁶  and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! ⁷  Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” ⁸ 

2 Kings 19:23

19:23 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ⁹ 

‘With my many chariots ¹⁰ 

I climbed up the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars,

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions, ¹¹ 

its thickest woods.

[4:29]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:29]  ² tn Heb “take my staff in your hand.”

[4:29]  ³ 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.”

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”

[10:5]  ⁶ tn Or “elders.”

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “servants.”

[10:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”

[19:23]  ⁷ tn The word is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai), “lord,” but some Hebrew mss have יְהוָה (yehvah), “Lord.”

[19:23]  ⁸ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has בְּרֶכֶב (bÿrekhev), but this must be dittographic (note the following רִכְבִּי [rikhbi], “my chariots”). The marginal reading (Qere) בְּרֹב (bÿrov), “with many,” is supported by many Hebrew mss and ancient versions, as well as the parallel passage in Isa 37:24.

[19:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “the lodging place of its extremity.”