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 2:9

2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, ⁷  before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” ⁸ 

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?” ⁹  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ¹⁰ 

2 Raja-raja 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. ¹¹  So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” ¹²  Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” ¹³  He replied, “For you, O officer.”

2 Raja-raja 9:18

9:18 So the horseman ¹⁴  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹⁵  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ¹⁶  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”

2 Raja-raja 13:19

13:19 The prophet ¹⁷  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ¹⁸  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

2 Raja-raja 14:10

14:10 You thoroughly defeated Edom ¹⁹  and it has gone to your head! ²⁰  Gloat over your success, ²¹  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ²² 

2 Raja-raja 18:21

18:21 Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.

2 Raja-raja 19:32

19:32 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

“He will not enter this city,

nor will he shoot an arrow here. ²³ 

He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, ²⁴ 

nor will he build siege works against it.

[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).

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”

[2:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”

[8:13]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”

[9:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

[9:5]  ¹² tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

[9:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”

[9:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[13:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “man of God.”

[13:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.

[14:10]  ¹⁹ tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”

[14:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”

[14:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “be glorified.”

[14:10]  ²² tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

[19:32]  ²³ tn Heb “there.”

[19:32]  ²⁴ tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.