13:20 Elisha died and was buried. 3 Moabite raiding parties invaded 4 the land at the beginning of the year. 5
1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
2 tn Heb “sat on his throne.”
3 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
4 tn Heb “entered.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
8 tn The MT has simply “with the kings of Israel,” which appears to stand in apposition to the immediately preceding “with his fathers.” But it is likely that the words “and he was buried in Samaria” have been accidentally omitted from the text. See 13:13 and 14:16.
9 tn Heb “he buried him.” Here “he” probably refers to Amon’s son Josiah.