2 Raja-raja 4:13

4:13 Elisha said to Gehazi, ¹  “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. ²  What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.” ³ 

2 Raja-raja 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. ⁴  So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” ⁵  Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” ⁶  He replied, “For you, O officer.”

[4:13]  ¹ tn Heb “he said to him.”

[4:13]  ² tn Heb “you have turned trembling to us with all this trembling.” The exaggerated language is probably idiomatic. The point seems to be that she has taken great pains or gone out of her way to be kind to them. Her concern was a sign of her respect for the prophetic office.

[4:13]  ³ tn Heb “Among my people I am living.” This answer suggests that she has security within the context of her family.

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

[9:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”