2 Kings 1:9

1:9 The king¹ sent a captain and his fifty soldiers² to retrieve Elijah.³ The captain⁴ went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill.⁵ He told him, “Prophet,⁶ the king says, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 5:22

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine.⁷ My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country.⁸ Please give them a talent⁹ of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Kings 6:17

6:17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that¹⁰ the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

³tn Heb “to him.”

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

⁶tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

⁷tn Heb “peace.”

⁸tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

⁹tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

¹⁰tn Heb “and he saw, and look.”