Discovery Box2 Kings 1:11 
Context1:11 The king 1 sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, 2 “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” 3
2 Kings 4:6
Context4:6 When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons, 4 “Bring me another container.” But he answered her, “There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing.
2 Kings 7:3
Context7:3 Now four men with a skin disease 5 were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? 6
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.
3 sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.
4 tn Heb “to her son.”
5 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.
6 tn Heb “until we die.”
