2 Raja-raja 6:21

6:21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Should I strike them down, ¹  my master?” ² 

2 Raja-raja 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ³  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ⁴  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ⁵  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 16:7

16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent. ⁷  March up and rescue me from the power ⁸  of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked ⁹  me.”

2 Raja-raja 16:1

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah.

1 Samuel 25:8

25:8 Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come ¹⁰  at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants ¹¹  and your son David – with whatever you can spare.” ¹² 

Filemon 1:14

1:14 However, ¹³  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Should I strike them down? I will strike them down.” In the Hebrew text the first person imperfect form is repeated; the first form has the interrogative he prefixed to it; the second does not. It is likely that the second form should be omitted as dittographic or that the first should be emended to an infinitive absolute.

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “my father.” The king addresses the prophet in this way to indicate his respect. See 2 Kgs 2:12.

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁶ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[16:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “son.” Both terms (“servant” and “son”) reflect Ahaz’s subordinate position as Tiglath-pileser’s subject.

[16:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand, palm.”

[16:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “who have arisen against.”

[25:8]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בָּאנוּ (ba’nu, “we have come”) rather than the MT’s בָּנוּ (banu, “we have built”).

[25:8]  ¹¹ tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.

[25:8]  ¹² tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”

[1:14]  ¹³ tn Though the Greek text does not read the term “however,” it is clearly implied and thus supplied in the English translation to accent the contrastive nature of Paul’s statement.