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 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ⁴  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ⁵  Elisha ⁶  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

2 Raja-raja 10:5

10:5 So the palace supervisor, ⁷  the city commissioner, ⁸  the leaders, ⁹  and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! ¹⁰  Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” ¹¹ 

[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.

[4:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of God.”

[4:42]  ⁵ tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

[4:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”

[10:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”

[10:5]  ⁹ tn Or “elders.”

[10:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “servants.”

[10:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”