7:3 Now four men with a skin disease 2 were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? 3
14:7 He defeated 5 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.
3 tn Heb “until we die.”
3 tn Heb “And now when this letter comes to you – with you are the sons of your master and with you are chariots and horses and a fortified city and weapons.”
4 tn Or “struck down.”