2 Kings 5:15

5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman ¹  came and stood before him. He said, “For sure ²  I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

2 Kings 5:23

5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. ³  He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. ⁴ 

2 Kings 8:8

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift ⁵  and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, ⁶  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 9:17

9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. ⁷  He said, “I see troops!” ⁸  Jehoram ordered, ⁹  “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹⁰ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “look.”

[5:23]  ³ tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”

[5:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “before him.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”

[9:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shif’ah), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels (Isa 60:6) or horses (Ezek 26:10) and of an abundance of water (Job 22:11; 38:34).

[9:17]  ⁸ tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.

[9:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “said.”

[9:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”