5:8 When Elisha the prophet 4 heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him 5 to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”
5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman 6 came and stood before him. He said, “For sure 7 I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “take my staff in your hand.”
3 tn Heb “If you meet a man, do not greet him with a blessing; if a man greets you with a blessing, do not answer.”
4 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).
5 tn Heb “Let him come.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “look.”
10 tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”
11 tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the
13 tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.
14 tn Heb “The