2 Kings 6:32

6:32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. ¹  The king ²  sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, ³  Elisha ⁴  said to the leaders, ⁵  “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?” ⁶  Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.” ⁷ 

2 Kings 12:18

12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all ⁸  to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew ⁹  from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:4

23:4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, ¹⁰  and the guards ¹¹  to bring out of the Lord’s temple all the items that were used in the worship of ¹²  Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. ¹³  The king ¹⁴  burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces ¹⁵  of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. ¹⁶ 

[6:32]  ¹ tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”

[6:32]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ³ tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”

[6:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

[6:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”

[6:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

[12:18]  ⁸ tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “went up.”

[23:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the priests of the second [rank],” that is, those ranked just beneath Hilkiah.

[23:4]  ¹⁶ tn Or “doorkeepers.”

[23:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for.”

[23:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “all the host of heaven” (also in v. 5).

[23:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:4]  ²⁰ tn Or “fields.” For a defense of the translation “terraces,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 285.

[23:4]  ²¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.