2 Kings 7:6

7:6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”

2 Kings 9:17-19

9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. ¹  He said, “I see troops!” ²  Jehoram ordered, ³  “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁴  9:18 So the horseman ⁵  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁶  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ⁷  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ⁸  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁹  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Kings 10:23

10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu ¹⁰  said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” ¹¹ 

2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left ¹²  except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops ¹³  and trampled on them like dust. ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹⁵  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ¹⁶  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ¹⁷  and horsemen of Israel!” ¹⁸ 

[9:17]  ¹ 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]  ² tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.

[9:17]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[9:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”

[9:18]  ¹ tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ² tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ³ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ² tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

[10:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ² tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”

[13:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”

[13:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁴ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.