2 Kings 1:9

1:9 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!’”

2 Kings 8:8

8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift 7  and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 8  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

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).

7 tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”

8 tn Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”