2 Kings 4:23-25

4:23 He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon ¹  or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.” ²  4:24 She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. ³  Do not stop unless I say so.” ⁴ 

4:25 So she went to visit ⁵  the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he ⁶  saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.

¹ sn The new moon was a time of sacrifice and special feasts (Num 28:14; 1 Sam 20:5). Apparently it was a convenient time to visit a prophet. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

² tn Heb “peace.”

³ tn Heb “lead [the donkey on] and go.”

⁴ tn Heb “do not restrain for me the riding unless I say to you.”

⁵ tn Heb “went and came.”

⁶ tn Heb “the man of God.” The phrase has been replaced by the relative pronoun “he” in the translation for stylistic reasons.