2 Kings 2:17

2:17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. ¹ 

2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ²  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ³  Elisha ⁴  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

2 Kings 9:32

9:32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three ⁵  eunuchs looked down at him.

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “man of God.”

³ tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.