2 Raja-raja 4:43

4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” ¹  He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” ² 

2 Raja-raja 5:16

5:16 But Elisha ³  replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), ⁴  I will take nothing from you.” Naaman ⁵  insisted that he take it, but he refused.

2 Raja-raja 6:13

6:13 The king ⁶  ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” ⁷  The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

2 Raja-raja 6:28

6:28 Then the king asked her, “What’s your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’

2 Raja-raja 15:19

15:19 Pul ⁸  king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid ⁹  him ¹⁰  a thousand talents ¹¹  of silver to gain his support ¹²  and to solidify his control of the kingdom. ¹³ 

2 Raja-raja 22:5

22:5 Have them hand it over to the construction foremen ¹⁴  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, ¹⁵ 

[4:43]  ¹ tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”

[4:43]  ² tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

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

[6:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “he” (also a second time in this verse); the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Go and see where he [is] so I can send and take him.”

[15:19]  ⁸ sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72.

[15:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “gave.”

[15:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Pul.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:19]  ¹¹ 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 75,000 pounds of silver (cf. NCV “about seventy-four thousand pounds”); NLT “thirty-seven tons”; CEV “over thirty tons”; TEV “34,000 kilogrammes.”

[15:19]  ¹² tn Heb “so his hands would be with him.”

[15:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “to keep hold of the kingdom in his hand.”

[22:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[22:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of the Lord to repair the damages to the house.”