2 Raja-raja 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ¹  appealed ²  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ³  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Raja-raja 5:7

5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? ⁴  Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!” ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 6:26

6:26 While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”

2 Raja-raja 14:10

14:10 You thoroughly defeated Edom ⁶  and it has gone to your head! ⁷  Gloat over your success, ⁸  but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?” ⁹ 

[4:1]  ¹ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1]  ² tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?” In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me.”

[14:10]  ⁶ tn Or “you have indeed defeated Edom.”

[14:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your heart has lifted you up.”

[14:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “be glorified.”

[14:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”