2 Kings 1:9
Context| NETBible | The king 1 sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 2 to retrieve Elijah. 3 The captain 4 went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 5 He told him, “Prophet, 6 the king says, ‘Come down!’” |
| XREF | 1Ki 18:4,10; 1Ki 18:42; 1Ki 19:2; 1Ki 22:8,26,27; 2Ki 6:13,14; Am 7:12; Mt 14:3; Mt 26:68; Mt 27:29,41-43; Mr 15:29,32; Lu 6:11,12; Heb 11:36 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.” 3 tn Heb “to him.” 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 5 sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers. 6 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13). |
