2 Raja-raja 8:5

8:5 While Gehazi ¹  was telling the king how Elisha ²  had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. ³  Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

2 Raja-raja 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser ⁴  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁵  along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went ⁶  and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁷ 

[8:5]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ³ tn Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.”

[8:5]  sn The legal background of the situation is uncertain. For a discussion of possibilities, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 87-88.

[18:17]  ⁴ sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[18:17]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

[18:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “the field of the washer.”