2 Kings 4:38

Elisha Makes a Meal Edible

4:38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him ¹  and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire ²  and boil some stew for the prophets.” ³ 

2 Kings 6:1

Elisha Makes an Ax Head Float

6:1 Some of the prophets ⁴  said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you ⁵  is too cramped ⁶  for us.

2 Kings 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease ⁷  were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? ⁸ 

2 Kings 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. ⁹  So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” ¹⁰  Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” ¹¹  He replied, “For you, O officer.”

2 Kings 17:29

17:29 But each of these nations made ¹²  its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria ¹³  had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived.

[4:38]  ¹ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”

[4:38]  ² tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.

[4:38]  ³ tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “sit before you.”

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “narrow, tight.”

[7:3]  ⁷ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

[7:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “until we die.”

[9:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

[9:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

[9:5]  ¹² tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”

[17:29]  ¹³ sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11.

[17:29]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Samaritans.” This refers to the Israelites who had been deported from the land.