2 Raja-raja 2:15

2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, ¹  who were standing at a distance, ²  saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah ³  rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

2 Raja-raja 24:1

24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, ⁴  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. ⁵  Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 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.”

[2:15]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”

[24:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “In his days.”

[24:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.

[24:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”

[25:24]  ⁷ tn The words “so as to give them…some assurance of safety” are supplied in the translation for clarification.