2 Kings 5:8

5:8 When Elisha the prophet heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 19:32

19:32 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

“He will not enter this city,

nor will he shoot an arrow here.

He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors,

nor will he build siege works against it.


tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

tn Heb “Let him come.”

tn Heb “there.”

tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.