2 Raja-raja 1:15

1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ¹  with him to the king.

2 Raja-raja 3:10

3:10 The king of Israel said, “Oh no! ²  Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!”

2 Raja-raja 6:24

The Lord Saves Samaria

6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked ³  and besieged Samaria. ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 10:16

10:16 Jehu ⁵  said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.” ⁶  So he ⁷  took him along in his chariot.

2 Raja-raja 11:10

11:10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple.

2 Raja-raja 14:19

14:19 Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, ⁸  so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him ⁹  and they killed him there.

2 Raja-raja 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 21:21

21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father ¹¹  and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols ¹²  which his father had worshiped. ¹³ 

[1:15]  ¹ sn In this third panel the verb “come down” (יָרַד, yarad) occurs again, this time describing Elijah’s descent from the hill at the Lord’s command. The moral of the story seems clear: Those who act as if they have authority over God and his servants just may pay for their arrogance with their lives; those who, like the third commander, humble themselves and show the proper respect for God’s authority and for his servants will be spared and find God quite cooperative.

[3:10]  ² tn Or “ah.”

[6:24]  ³ tn Heb “went up.”

[6:24]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and see my zeal for the Lord.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tc The MT has a plural form, but this is most likely an error. The LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate all have the singular.

[14:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they conspired against him [with] a conspiracy in Jerusalem.”

[14:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they sent after him to Lachish.”

[18:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?

[21:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”

[21:21]  ¹² sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”