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 4:3

4:3 He said, “Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. ²  Get as many as you can. ³ 

2 Raja-raja 4:15

4:15 Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.” ⁴  So he did so ⁵  and she came and stood in the doorway. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 10:16

10:16 Jehu ⁷  said, “Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord’s cause.” ⁸  So he ⁹  took him along in his chariot.

2 Raja-raja 19:24

19:24 I dug wells and drank

water in foreign lands. ¹⁰ 

With the soles of my feet I dried up

all the rivers of Egypt.’

2 Raja-raja 22:4

22:4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down ¹¹  the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.

[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.

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “Go, ask for containers from outside, from all your neighbors, empty containers.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Heb “Do not borrow just a few.”

[4:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “Call for her.”

[4:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he called her.”

[4:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood in the door.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and see my zeal for the Lord.”

[10:16]  ⁹ tc The MT has a plural form, but this is most likely an error. The LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate all have the singular.

[19:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I dug and drank foreign waters.”

[22:4]  ¹¹ tc The MT has וְיַתֵּם (vÿyattem), “and let them add up” (Hiphil of תָּמָם [tammam], “be complete”), but the appearance of הִתִּיכוּ (hitikhu), “they melted down” (Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh], “pour out”) in v. 9 suggests that the verb form should be emended to וְיַתֵּךְ (vÿyattekh), “and let him melt down” (a Hiphil of נָתַךְ [natakh]). For a discussion of this and other options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 281.