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 23:3

23:3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed ⁸  the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow ⁹  the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, ¹⁰  by carrying out the terms ¹¹  of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. ¹² 

2 Kings 25:19

25:19 From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five ¹³  of the king’s advisers ¹⁴  who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens ¹⁵  for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.

[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?”

[23:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “cut,” that is, “made, agreed to.”

[23:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “walk after.”

[23:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “soul.”

[23:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “words.”

[23:3]  ¹² tn Heb “stood in the covenant.”

[25:19]  ¹⁵ tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”

[25:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “five seers of the king’s face.”

[25:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the people of the land.”