2 Raja-raja 1:11

1:11 The king ¹  sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, ²  “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” ³ 

2 Raja-raja 2:21

2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ⁴  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 4:16

4:16 He said, “About this time next year ⁶  you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

2 Raja-raja 4:43

4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” ⁷  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.’” ⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 6:31

6:31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely ⁹  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 7:18

7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”

2 Raja-raja 9:3

9:3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says, “I have designated ¹¹  you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!” ¹² 

2 Raja-raja 9:19

9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ¹³  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹⁴  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Raja-raja 10:1

Jehu Wipes Out Ahab’s Family

10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. ¹⁵  So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, ¹⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 18:23

18:23 Now make a deal ¹⁷  with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

2 Raja-raja 19:20

19:20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria. ¹⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 21:12

21:12 So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it. ¹⁹ 

2 Raja-raja 22:18

22:18 Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:11]  ² tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.

[1:11]  ³ sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Or “healed.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”

[4:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

[4:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”

[4:43]  ⁸ tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.

[6:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

[6:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

[9:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[9:3]  ¹² tn Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”

[9:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ¹⁴ tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.

[10:1]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[10:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to the officers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab, saying.” It is not certain why the officials of Jezreel would be in Samaria. They may have fled there after they heard what happened to Joram and before Jehu entered the city. They would have had time to flee while Jehu was pursuing Ahaziah.

[18:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “exchange pledges.”

[19:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “That which you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” The verb “I have heard” does not appear in the parallel passage in Isa 37:21, where אֲשֶׁר (’asher) probably has a causal sense, “because.”

[21:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “so that everyone who hears it, his two ears will quiver.”