2 Kings 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet¹ heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him² to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 5:22

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine.³ My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country.⁴ Please give them a talent⁵ of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Kings 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.⁶ So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.”⁷ Jehu asked, “For which one of us?”⁸ He replied, “For you, O officer.”

2 Kings 10:5

10:5 So the palace supervisor,⁹ the city commissioner,¹⁰ the leaders,¹¹ and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects!¹² Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.”¹³

¹tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

²tn Heb “Let him come.”

³tn Heb “peace.”

⁴tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

⁵tn 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 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

⁶tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

⁷tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

⁸tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”

⁹tn Heb “the one who was over the house.”

¹⁰tn Heb “the one who was over the city.”

¹¹tn Or “elders.”

¹²tn Heb “servants.”

¹³tn Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”