2 Kings 8:7

Elisha Meets with Hazael

8:7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king ¹  was told, “The prophet ²  has come here.”

2 Kings 20:12

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan ³  son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ⁴  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ⁵  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ⁶  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁷ 

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ⁸  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ⁹ 

2 Kings 8:29

8:29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹⁰  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit ¹¹  Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7]  ² tn Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).

[20:12]  ³ tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ⁷ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁸ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “will not live.”

[8:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[8:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to see.”