2 Kings 2:3

2:3 Some members of the prophetic guild¹ in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?”² He answered, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets³ appealed⁴ to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.⁵ Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets⁶ appealed⁷ to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.⁸ Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness.⁹ The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”¹⁰

¹tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”

²tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.

³tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

⁴tn Or “cried out.”

⁵tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

⁶tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

⁷tn Or “cried out.”

⁸tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

⁹tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

¹⁰tn Heb “will not live.”