2 Kings 4:28

4:28 She said, “Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say, ‘Don’t mislead me?’”

2 Kings 2:10

2:10 Elijah ¹  replied, “That’s a difficult request! ²  If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

2 Kings 4:3

4:3 He said, “Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. ³  Get as many as you can. ⁴ 

2 Kings 6:5

6:5 As one of them was felling a log, the ax head ⁵  dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, ⁶  my master! It was borrowed!”

2 Kings 2:9

2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, ⁷  before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” ⁸ 

2 Kings 8:6

8:6 The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. ⁹  The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, ¹⁰  “Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now.”

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Go, ask for containers from outside, from all your neighbors, empty containers.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “Do not borrow just a few.”

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “iron.”

[6:5]  ² tn Or “ah.”

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and the king asked the woman and she told him.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “and he assigned to her an official, saying.”