2 Kings 5:25

5:25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

2 Kings 9:7

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. ¹  I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants. ² 

2 Kings 9:13

9:13 Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s ³  feet on the steps. ⁴  The trumpet was blown ⁵  and they shouted, “Jehu is ⁶  king!”

2 Kings 25:24

25:24 Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. ⁷  He said, “You don’t need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.”

¹ tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

² tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and they hurried and took, each one his garment, and they placed [them] beneath him on the bone [?] of the steps.” The precise nuance of גֶרֶם (gerem), “bone,” is unclear. Some suggest the nuance “bare” here; it may be a technical architectural term in this context.

³ tn Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.

⁴ tn Or “has become.”

¹ tn The words “so as to give them…some assurance of safety” are supplied in the translation for clarification.