2 Raja-raja 1:9

1:9 The king ¹  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers ²  to retrieve Elijah. ³  The captain ⁴  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. ⁵  He told him, “Prophet, ⁶  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Raja-raja 11:19

11:19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, ⁷  and the king ⁸  sat down on the royal throne.

2 Raja-raja 14:10

14:10 You thoroughly defeated Edom ⁹  and it has gone to your head! ¹⁰  Gloat over your success, ¹¹  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ¹² 

2 Raja-raja 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹³  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ¹⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 23:2

23:2 The king went up to the Lord’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud ¹⁵  all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord’s temple.

[1:9]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ² tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:9]  ⁵ sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Gate of the Runners of the House of the King.”

[11:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:10]  ⁹ tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”

[14:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”

[14:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “be glorified.”

[14:10]  ¹² tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

[20:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “will not live.”

[23:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “read in their ears.”