1 Kings 2:6
Context2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, 1 but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. 2
1 Kings 19:21
Context19:21 Elisha 3 went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. 4 He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.
1 Kings 2:5
Context2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. 5 During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; 6 when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. 7


[2:6] 1 tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”
[2:6] 2 tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”
[19:21] 3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[19:21] 4 tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”
[2:5] 5 tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”
[2:5] 6 tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”
[2:5] 7 tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.