4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet 3 – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. 4 Elisha 5 said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”
1 tn Or “the spirit of the
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “man of God.”
4 tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”