2 Kings 6:8

Elisha Defeats an Army

6:8 Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade ¹  at such and such ²  a place.”

2 Kings 13:3

13:3 The Lord was furious with ³  Israel and handed them over to ⁴  King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years. ⁵ 

2 Kings 17:18

17:18 So the Lord was furious ⁶  with Israel and rejected them; ⁷  only the tribe of Judah was left.

[6:8]  ¹ tc The verb form used here is difficult to analyze. On the basis of the form נְחִתִּים (nÿkhitim) in v. 9 from the root נָחַת (nakhat), it is probably best to emend the verb to תִּנְחְתוּ (tinkhÿtu; a Qal imperfect form from the same root). The verb נָחַת in at least two other instances carries the nuance “go down, descend” in a military context. For a defense of this view, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 72.

[6:8]  ² sn The advisers would have mentioned a specific location, but the details are not significant to the narrator’s purpose, so he simply paraphrases here.

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days.”

[17:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “very angry.”

[17:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”