2 Raja-raja 1:5

1:5 When the messengers returned to the king, ¹  he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

2 Raja-raja 3:5

3:5 When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Raja-raja 22:11

22:11 When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Heb “to him.”

[1:5]  sn The narrative is elliptical and telescoped here. The account of Elijah encountering the messengers and delivering the Lord’s message is omitted; we only here of it as the messengers report what happened to the king.