2 Raja-raja 1:5

1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, ¹  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Raja-raja 6:7

6:7 He said, “Lift it out.” So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.

2 Raja-raja 13:24

13:24 When King Hazael of Syria died, his son Ben Hadad replaced him as king.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:5]  sn The narrative is elliptical and telescoped here. The account of Elijah encountering the messengers and delivering the Lord’s message is omitted; we only here of it as the messengers report what happened to the king.