2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! ¹  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 6:18

6:18 As they approached him, ²  Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people ³  with blindness.” ⁴  The Lord ⁵  struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. ⁶ 

2 Kings 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ⁷ 

[5:3]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[6:18]  ² tn Heb “and they came down to him.”

[6:18]  ³ tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army.

[6:18]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.”

[18:35]  ³ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?