1 tn Or “the spirit of the
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.
4 tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.
5 tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”
5 tn Heb “and Menahem brought out the silver over Israel, over the prominent men of means, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man.”
7 tn Heb “and he struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the house of the king, Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men from the sons of the Gileadites, and they killed him.”