2 Kings 13:20

Elisha died and was buried. ¹  Moabite raiding parties invaded ²  the land at the beginning of the year. ³ 

Jud 3:12; Jud 6:3-6; 2Ki 3:5,24-27; 2Ki 5:2; 2Ki 6:23; 2Ki 24:2; 2Ch 24:16; Ac 8:2

¹ tn Heb “and they buried him.”

² tn Heb “entered.”

³ tc The MT reading בָּא שָׁנָה (ba’ shanah), “it came, year,” should probably be emended to בְּבָּא הַשָּׁנָה (bÿba’ hashanah), “at the coming [i.e., ‘beginning’] of the year.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 148.