3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why are you here? 1 Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets!” The king of Israel replied to him, “No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.” 3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all 2 lives (whom I serve), 3 if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, 4 I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. 5
1 tn Or “What do we have in common?” The text reads literally, “What to me and to you?”
2 tn Traditionally “the
3 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
4 tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”
5 tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”