2 Kings 4:30

4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha ¹  got up and followed her back.

2 Kings 1:13

1:13 The king ²  sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell ³  on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

2 Kings 10:24

10:24 They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!” ⁴ 

2 Kings 1:14

1:14 Indeed, ⁵  fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. ⁶  So now, please have respect for my life.”

2 Kings 7:7

7:7 So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

2 Kings 2:2

2:2 Elijah told Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” ⁷  But Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:4

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ⁸  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

2 Kings 2:6

2:6 Elijah said to him, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.

2 Kings 4:27

4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. ⁹  The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

2 Kings 9:15

9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹⁰  when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. ¹¹  Jehu told his supporters, ¹²  “If you really want me to be king, ¹³  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

2 Kings 12:4

12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal ¹⁴  all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, ¹⁵  the silver received from those who have made vows, ¹⁶  and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. ¹⁷ 

2 Kings 23:25

23:25 No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses. ¹⁸ 

2 Kings 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed ¹⁹  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ²⁰  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ²¹  by carrying out the terms ²²  of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. ²³ 

[4:30]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:13]  ³ tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”

[10:24]  ³ tn Heb “The man who escapes from the men whom I am bringing into your hands, [it will be] his life in place of his life.”

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “look.”

[1:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “their fifty.”

[2:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[2:4]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[4:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[9:15]  ⁹ sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.

[9:15]  ¹⁰ tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.

[12:4]  ⁹ tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.

[12:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.

[12:4]  ¹² tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”

[23:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and like him there was not a king before him who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his being according to all the law of Moses, and after him none arose like him.”

[23:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

[23:3]  ¹² tn Heb “walk after.”

[23:3]  ¹³ tn Or “soul.”

[23:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “words.”

[23:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”