2 Raja-raja 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, ¹  who were standing at a distance, ²  saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah ³  rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Raja-raja 4:43

4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” ⁴  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.’” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 5:27

5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict ⁶  you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi ⁷  went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. ⁸ 

2 Raja-raja 6:22

6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? ⁹  Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

2 Raja-raja 10:21

10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 16:3

16:3 He followed in the footsteps of ¹¹  the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, ¹²  a horrible sin practiced by the nations ¹³  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Raja-raja 17:11

17:11 They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the Lord had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the Lord angry. ¹⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 21:2

21:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹⁵  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ¹⁶  whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

2 Raja-raja 21:9

21:9 But they did not obey, ¹⁷  and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites.

[2:15]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

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

[4:43]  ⁵ tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.

[5:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “cling to.”

[5:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:27]  ⁸ tn Traditionally, “he went from before him, leprous like snow.” But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66.

[6:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”

[10:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

[16:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he walked in the way of.”

[16:3]  ¹² sn This may refer to child sacrifice, though some interpret it as a less drastic cultic practice. For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 266-67.

[16:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[17:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they did evil things, angering the Lord.”

[21:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[21:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “listen.”