2 Kings 8:5

8:5 While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

2 Kings 18:17

18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.


tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.”

sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

tn Heb “and they went up and came.”

tn Heb “the field of the washer.”