9:1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild 3 and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container 4 of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 5 who were standing at a distance, 6 saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 7 rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
1 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”
2 tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.
3 tn Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”
4 tn Or “flask.”
5 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
6 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”
7 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”