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2 Kings 25:15

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25:15 The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers 1  and basins.

2 Kings 1:9

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1:9 The king 2  sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 3  to retrieve Elijah. 4  The captain 5  went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 6  He told him, “Prophet, 7  the king says, ‘Come down!’”

1 sn These held the embers used for the incense offerings.

2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

4 tn Heb “to him.”

5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6 sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

7 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).



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