2 Kings 4:30
4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha 1 got up and followed her back.
2 Kings 8:8
8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift 2 and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 3 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.
2 tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”
3 tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”