2 Kings 4:4-5

4:4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it.” 4:5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.

2 Kings 10:3

10:3 pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”


tn Heb “all these vessels.”

tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.

tn Or “fight for.”