2 Kings 1:5

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

2 Kings 19:17

19:17 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

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¹ tn Heb “to him.”

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.