2 Kings 8:11

8:11 Elisha ¹  just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. ²  Then the prophet started crying.

2 Kings 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ³  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ⁴ 

2 Kings 13:16

13:16 Then Elisha ⁵  told the king of Israel, “Aim the bow.” ⁶  He did so, ⁷  and Elisha placed his hands on the king’s hands.

2 Kings 4:31

4:31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha ⁸  he told him, “The child did not wake up.”

2 Kings 4:34

4:34 He got up on the bed and spread his body out over ⁹  the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s ¹⁰  mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin ¹¹  grew warm.

2 Kings 11:18

11:18 All the people of the land went and demolished ¹²  the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols ¹³  to bits. ¹⁴  They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest ¹⁵  then placed guards at the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 21:7

21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ¹⁶ 

2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ¹⁷  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ¹⁸  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ¹⁹  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

[8:11]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”

[12:17]  ³ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

[13:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”

[13:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”

[4:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “to meet him.”

[4:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “he went up and lay down over.”

[4:34]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his” (also in the next two clauses).

[4:34]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “body”; Heb “flesh.”

[11:18]  ¹¹ tn Or “tore down.”

[11:18]  ¹² tn Or “images.”

[11:18]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.

[11:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.

[21:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”

[18:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

[18:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

[18:14]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.