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 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet ⁴  heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him ⁵  to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 5:15

5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman ⁶  came and stood before him. He said, “For sure ⁷  I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

2 Kings 5:17

5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, ⁸  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. ⁹ 

2 Kings 8:13

8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” ¹⁰  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ¹¹ 

[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.”

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

[5:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “Let him come.”

[5:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “look.”

[5:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

[5:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

[8:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.

[8:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”