2 Kings 6:18
ContextNETBible | As they approached him, 1 Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people 2 with blindness.” 3 The Lord 4 struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 5 |
XREF | De 28:28; Job 5:14; Zec 12:4; Joh 9:39; Joh 12:40; Ac 13:11; Ro 11:7 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “and they came down to him.” 2 tn Or “this nation,” perhaps emphasizing the strength of the Syrian army. 3 tn On the basis of the Akkadian etymology of the word, M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 74) translate “blinding light.” HALOT 761 s.v. סַנְוֵרִים suggests the glosses “dazzling, deception.” 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the 5 tn Heb “according to the word of Elisha.” |