Discovery Box2 Kings 5:7-8 
Context5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? 1 Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!” 2
5:8 When Elisha the prophet 3 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 4 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
1 tn Heb “Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?” In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me.”
3 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
4 tn Heb “Let him come.”
