2 Raja-raja 2:14

2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, ¹  hit the water with it, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.

2 Raja-raja 4:40

4:40 The stew was poured out ²  for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, “Death is in the pot, O prophet!” They could not eat it.

2 Raja-raja 16:2

16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ³  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 17:9

17:9 The Israelites said things about the Lord their God that were not right. ⁵  They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress. ⁶ 

[2:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him.” The wording is changed slightly in the translation for the sake of variety of expression (see v. 13).

[4:40]  ² tn Heb “and they poured out [the stew].” The plural subject is probably indefinite.

[16:2]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the verb וַיְחַפְּאוּ (vayÿkhappÿ’u), translated here “said,” is uncertain. Some relate it to the verbal root חָפַה (khafah), “to cover,” and translate “they did it in secret” (see BDB 341 s.v. חָפָא). However, the pagan practices specified in the following sentences were hardly done in secret. Others propose a meaning “ascribe, impute,” which makes good contextual sense but has little etymological support (see HALOT 339 s.v. חפא). In this case Israel claimed that the Lord authorized their pagan practices.

[17:9]  ⁶ sn That is, from the city’s perimeter to the central citadel.