13:20 Elisha died and was buried. 1 Moabite raiding parties invaded 2 the land at the beginning of the year. 3
1 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
2 tn Heb “entered.”
3 tc The MT reading בָּא שָׁנָה (ba’ shanah), “it came, year,” should probably be emended to בְּבָּא הַשָּׁנָה (bÿba’ hashanah), “at the coming [i.e., ‘beginning’] of the year.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 148.