¹map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
²tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
³tn Heb “walked after.”
⁴tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”
⁵tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”
⁶tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”
⁷tn Heb “all the days.”
⁸tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”
⁹tn Heb “and the Lord heard.”
¹⁰tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”
¹¹sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.
¹²tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”
¹³tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”
¹⁴tn Heb “they did not turn away from.”
¹⁵tn Heb “house.”
¹⁶tc Heb “in it he walked.” The singular verb (El^h*, halakh) is probably due to an error of haplography and should be emended to the plural (WKl=h*, hal^eku). Note that a vav immediately follows (on the form <g^w+, v^egam).
¹⁷tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.
¹⁸tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.
¹⁹tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”
²⁰tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jehoahaz, and all which he did and his strength, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
²¹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
²²tn Heb “and they buried him.”
²³map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
²⁴tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
²⁵tn Heb “turn away from all.”
²⁶tn Heb “in it he walked.”
²⁷sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
²⁸tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
²⁹tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
³⁰tn Heb “sat on his throne.”
³¹tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
³²tn Heb “went down to him.”
³³tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
³⁴sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.
³⁵tn Heb “and he grabbed a bow and some arrows.”
³⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
³⁷tn Heb “Cause your hand to ride on the bow.”
³⁸tn Heb “and he caused his hand to ride.”
³⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
⁴⁰tn Heb “He opened [it].”
⁴¹tn Heb “and he shot.”
⁴²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
⁴³tn Heb “The arrow of victory of the Lord and the arrow of victory over Syria.”
⁴⁴tn Heb “you will strike down Syria in Aphek until destruction.”
⁴⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
⁴⁶tn Heb “and he took [them].”
⁴⁷tn Heb “man of God.”
⁴⁸tn 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.
⁴⁹tn Heb “and they buried him.”
⁵⁰tn Heb “entered.”
⁵¹tc The MT reading hn`v* aB* (ba’ shanah), “it came, year,” should probably be emended to hn`V*h^ aB*B= (b^eba’ hashanah), “at the coming [i.e., ‘beginning’] of the year.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 148.
⁵²tn Heb “and it so happened [that] they.”
⁵³tn Heb “and look, they saw.”
⁵⁴tn Heb “the man”; the adjective “dead” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
⁵⁵tn Heb “the man.”
⁵⁶tn Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life.
⁵⁷tn Heb “all the days of Jehoahaz.”
⁵⁸tn Or “showed them compassion.”
⁵⁹tn Heb “he turned to them.”
⁶⁰tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”
⁶¹tn Heb “until now.”
⁶²tn Heb “from the hand of.”