Discovery Box2 Kings 5:14
Context5:14 So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. 1 His skin became as smooth as a young child’s 2 and he was healed.
2 Kings 6:18
Context6:18 As they approached him, 3 Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people 4 with blindness.” 5 The Lord 6 struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 7
2 Kings 7:16
Context7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah 8 of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. 9
2 Kings 7:18
Context7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”
2 Kings 8:2
Context8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. 10 She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
2 Kings 10:17
Context10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, 11 just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. 12
[5:14] 1 tn Heb “according to the word of the man of God.”
[5:14] 2 tn Heb “and his skin was restored, like the skin of a small child.”
[6:18] 3 tn Heb “and they came down to him.”
[6:18] 4 tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army.
[6:18] 5 tn On the basis of the Akkadian etymology of the word, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 74) translate “blinding light.” HALOT 761 s.v. סַנְוֵרִים suggests the glosses “dazzling, deception.”
[6:18] 6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
[6:18] 7 tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.”
[7:16] 5 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.
[7:16] 6 tn Heb “according to the word of the
[8:2] 7 tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”
[10:17] 9 tn Heb “and he struck down all the remaining ones to Ahab in Samaria until he destroyed him.”
[10:17] 10 tn Heb “according to the word of the
