4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets 1 appealed 2 to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. 3 Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
4:38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him 4 and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire 5 and boil some stew for the prophets.” 6
1 tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”
2 tn Or “cried out.”
3 tn Heb “your servant feared the
4 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”
5 tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.
6 tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”