2 Raja-raja 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet ¹  heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him ²  to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Raja-raja 5:22

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. ³  My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. ⁴  Please give them a talent ⁵  of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Raja-raja 7:15

7:15 So they tracked them ⁶  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. ⁷  The scouts ⁸  went back and told the king.

2 Raja-raja 8:8-9

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift ⁹  and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, ¹⁰  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha. ¹¹  He took along a gift, ¹²  as well as ¹³  forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, ¹⁴  King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, ¹⁵  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Raja-raja 10:5

10:5 So the palace supervisor, ¹⁶  the city commissioner, ¹⁷  the leaders, ¹⁸  and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! ¹⁹  Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” ²⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 17:26

17:26 The king of Assyria was told, ²¹  “The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people ²²  because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”

2 Raja-raja 22:20

22:20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. ²³  You will not have to witness ²⁴  all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

[5:8]  ¹ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “Let him come.”

[5:22]  ³ tn Heb “peace.”

[5:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

[5:22]  ⁵ 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 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

[7:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “went after.”

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

[7:15]  ⁸ tn Or “messengers.”

[8:8]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

[8:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”

[8:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:9]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”

[8:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “and.” It is possible that the conjunction is here explanatory, equivalent to English “that is.” In this case the forty camel loads constitute the “gift” and one should translate, “He took along a gift, consisting of forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus.”

[8:9]  ¹⁴ sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.

[8:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[10:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”

[10:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”

[10:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “elders.”

[10:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “servants.”

[10:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”

[17:26]  ²¹ tn Heb “and they said to the king of Assyria, saying.” The plural subject of the verb is indefinite.

[17:26]  ²² tn Heb “Look they are killing them.”

[22:20]  ²³ tn Heb “Therefore, look, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your tomb in peace.”

[22:20]  ²⁴ tn Heb “your eyes will not see.”