¹ tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.

² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “and he went from him a distance of land.” The precise meaning of כִּבְרַה (kivrah) “distance,” is uncertain. See BDB 460 s.v. כִּבְרַה, and HALOT 459-60 s.v. II *כְּבָרַה, and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.

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

⁶ tn Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”

⁷ tn Heb “they were very, very afraid.” The term מְאֹד (me’od) “very,” is repeated for emphasis.

⁸ tn Heb “did not stand before him.”

⁹ tn Heb “How can we stand?”

¹⁰ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

¹² tn Heb “and Jehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord all his days.”

¹³ tn Heb “that which.” Jehoiada taught the king the Lord’s will.

¹⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and he took a bow and some arrows.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹⁸ tc Heb “and Isaiah had not gone out of the middle courtyard, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying.” Instead of “courtyard” (חָצֵר, khatser), the marginal reading, (Qere), the Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) has הָעִיר (ha’ir), “the city.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

²⁰ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”