6:26 While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”
6:1 Some of the prophets 1 said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you 2 is too cramped 3 for us.
1:17 He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. 4 In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. 5
A psalm of praise, by David.
145:1 I will extol you, my God, O king!
I will praise your name continually! 7
1 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”
2 tn Heb “sit before you.”
3 tn Heb “narrow, tight.”
4 tn Heb “according to the word of the
5 tn Heb “Jehoram replaced him as king…because he had no son.” Some ancient textual witnesses add “his brother,” which was likely added on the basis of the statement later in the verse that Ahaziah had no son.
6 sn Psalm 145. The psalmist praises God because he is a just and merciful king who cares for his people.
7 tn Or, hyperbolically, “forever.”