3:4 Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 2 He would send as tribute 3 to the king of Israel 100,000 male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
5:8 When Elisha the prophet 7 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 8 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. 9 He said, “I see troops!” 10 Jehoram ordered, 11 “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” 12
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn For a discussion of the meaning of term (נֹקֵד, noqed), see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 43.
3 tn The vav + perfect here indicates customary action contemporary with the situation described in the preceding main clause. See IBHS 533-34 §32.2.3e.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn 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 750 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).
6 tn Heb “six thousand gold […].” The unit of measure is not given in the Hebrew text. A number of English versions supply “pieces” (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, TEV) or “shekels” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV).
7 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
8 tn Heb “Let him come.”
9 tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shif’ah), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels (Isa 60:6) or horses (Ezek 26:10) and of an abundance of water (Job 22:11; 38:34).
10 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
11 tn Heb “said.”
12 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”