2 Raja-raja 2:7

2:7 The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha ¹  stood by the Jordan.

2 Raja-raja 4:17-18

4:17 The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

4:18 The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. ² 

2 Raja-raja 4:37

4:37 She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

2 Raja-raja 6:14

6:14 So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. ³  They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

2 Raja-raja 9:10

9:10 Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” ⁴  Then he opened the door and ran away.

2 Raja-raja 9:31

9:31 When Jehu came through the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?” ⁵ 

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 11:16

11:16 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. ⁶  There she was executed.

2 Raja-raja 12:5

12:5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.” ⁷ 

2 Raja-raja 14:26

14:26 The Lord saw Israel’s intense suffering; ⁸  everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer. ⁹ 

2 Raja-raja 15:11

15:11 The rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 19:1

19:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

2 Raja-raja 19:22

19:22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted, ¹¹ 

and looked so arrogantly? ¹² 

At the Holy One of Israel! ¹³ 

2 Raja-raja 19:34

19:34 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’” ¹⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 21:4

21:4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.” ¹⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 22:16

22:16 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. ¹⁶ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the two of them.” The referents (Elijah and Elisha) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  ² tn Heb “to his father, to the harvesters.”

[6:14]  ³ tn Heb “heavy force.”

[9:10]  ⁴ sn Note how the young prophet greatly expands the message Elisha had given to him. In addition to lengthening the introductory formula (by adding “the God of Israel”) and the official declaration that accompanies the act of anointing (by adding “the Lord’s people”), he goes on to tell how Jehu will become king (by a revolt against Ahab’s dynasty), makes it clear that Jehu will be an instrument of divine vengeance, and predicts the utter annihilation of Ahab’s family and the violent death of Jezebel.

[9:31]  ⁵ sn Jezebel associates Jehu with another assassin, Zimri, who approximately 44 years before had murdered King Elah, only to meet a violent death just a few days later (1 Kgs 16:9-20). On the surface Jezebel’s actions seem contradictory. On the one hand, she beautifies herself as if to seduce Jehu, but on the other hand, she insults and indirectly threatens him with this comparison to Zimri. Upon further reflection, however, her actions reveal a clear underlying motive. She wants to retain her power, not to mention her life. By beautifying herself, she appeals to Jehu’s sexual impulses; by threatening him, she reminds him that he is in the same precarious position as Zimri. But, if he makes Jezebel his queen, he can consolidate his power. In other words through her actions and words Jezebel is saying to Jehu, “You desire me, don’t you? And you need me!”

[11:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went the way of the entrance of the horses [into] the house of the king.”

[12:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word מַכָּר (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.

[14:26]  ⁸ tc Heb “for the Lord saw the very bitter affliction of Israel.” This translation assumes an emendation of מֹרֶה (moreh), which is meaningless here, to ַהמַּר (hammar), the adjective “bitter” functioning attributively with the article prefixed. This emendation is supported by the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate. Another option would be מַר הוּא (mar hu’), “it was bitter.”

[14:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “[there was] none but the restrained, and [there was] none but the abandoned, and there was no deliverer for Israel.” On the meaning of the terms עָצוּר (’atsur) and עָזוּב (’azur), see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

[15:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, look, they are written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel.”

[19:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “have you raised a voice.”

[19:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?”

[19:22]  ¹³ sn This divine title pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.

[19:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

[21:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “In Jerusalem I will place my name.”

[22:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “all the words of the scroll which the king of Judah has read.”