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2 Kings 1:2

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1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria 1  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, 2  “Go, ask 3  Baal Zebub, 4  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

2 Kings 6:19

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6:19 Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. 5 

2 Kings 7:4

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7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, 6  and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect 7  to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, 8  we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.” 9 

2 Kings 7:9

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7:9 Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone. 10  If we wait until dawn, 11  we’ll be punished. 12  So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”
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[1:2]  1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:2]  2 tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

[1:2]  3 tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

[1:2]  4 sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.

[6:19]  5 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[7:4]  9 tn Heb “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city and we will die there.”

[7:4]  10 tn Heb “fall.”

[7:4]  11 tn Heb “keep us alive.”

[7:4]  12 tn Heb “we will die.” The paraphrastic translation attempts to bring out the logical force of their reasoning.

[7:9]  13 tn Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”

[7:9]  14 tn Heb “the light of the morning.”

[7:9]  15 tn Heb “punishment will find us.”



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