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2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets¹ appealed² to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.³ Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Kings 10:6

Context

10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me,⁴ then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.”⁵ Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent⁶ men of the city were raising them.

¹tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

²tn Or “cried out.”

³tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

⁴tn Heb “If you are mine and you are listening to my voice.”

⁵sn Jehu’s command is intentionally vague. Does he mean that they should bring the guardians (those who are “heads” over Ahab’s sons) for a meeting, or does he mean that they should bring the literal heads of Ahab’s sons with them? (So LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum) The city leaders interpret his words in the literal sense, but Jehu’s command is so ambiguous he is able to deny complicity in the executions (see v. 9).

⁶tn Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.

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