1:13 The king 3 sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell 4 on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.
1 tn Heb “and Jehu filled his hand with the bow and he struck Jehoram between his shoulders.”
2 tn Heb “went out from.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”