2 Raja-raja 5:1

Elisha Heals a Syrian General

5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, ¹  for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. ² 

2 Raja-raja 7:8

7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ³  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ⁴  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ⁵  and went and hid what they had taken.

2 Raja-raja 23:5

23:5 He eliminated ⁶  the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices ⁷  on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices ⁸  to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

[5:1]  ² tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (mÿtsora’), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease.

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they took from there.”

[23:5]  ⁶ tn Perhaps, “destroyed.”

[23:5]  ⁷ tn Or “burn incense.”

[23:5]  ⁸ tn Or “burned incense.”