2 Kings 8:11

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

2 Kings 20:2

20:2 He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

2 Kings 8:15

8:15 The next day Hazael ³  took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s ⁴  face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 9:32

9:32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three ⁵  eunuchs looked down at him.

2 Kings 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ⁶  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ⁷ 

2 Kings 17:18

17:18 So the Lord was furious ⁸  with Israel and rejected them; ⁹  only the tribe of Judah was left.

2 Kings 24:3

24:3 Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 24:20

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ¹¹  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹²  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ¹³  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ¹⁴  and horsemen of Israel!” ¹⁵ 

2 Kings 13:23

13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. ¹⁶  He extended his favor to them ¹⁷  because of the promise he had made ¹⁸  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. ¹⁹ 

2 Kings 17:23

17:23 Finally ²⁰  the Lord rejected Israel ²¹  just as he had warned he would do ²²  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

[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.”

[8:15]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.

[12:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

[17:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “very angry.”

[17:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “turned them away from his face.”

[24:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Certainly according to the word of the Lord this happened against Judah, to remove [them] from his face because of the sins of Manasseh according to all which he did.”

[24:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”

[13:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ¹⁷ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ¹⁸ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[13:23]  ¹⁷ tn Or “showed them compassion.”

[13:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he turned to them.”

[13:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”

[13:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “until now.”

[17:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “until.”

[17:23]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

[17:23]  ²¹ tn Heb “just as he said.”