2 Raja-raja 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ¹  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ²  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Raja-raja 8:13

8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” ³  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 9:18

9:18 So the horseman ⁵  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁶  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ⁷  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”

2 Raja-raja 19:4

19:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ⁸  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ⁹  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ¹⁰ 

[5:20]  ¹ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

[5:20]  ² tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

[8:13]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”

[9:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[19:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[19:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[19:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”