2 Kings 4:9
Context4:9 She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure 1 that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet. 2
2 Kings 4:16
Context4:16 He said, “About this time next year 3 you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
2 Kings 4:42
ContextElisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People
4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet 4 – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. 5 Elisha 6 said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”
1 tn Heb “I know.”
2 tn Heb “holy man of God.”
3 tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.
4 tn Heb “man of God.”
5 tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.