2 Kings 4:9

4:9 She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure ¹  that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet. ² 

2 Kings 4:16

4:16 He said, “About this time next year ³  you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ⁴  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ⁵  Elisha ⁶  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

[4:9]  ¹ tn Heb “I know.”

[4:9]  ² tn Heb “holy man of God.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.

[4:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “man of God.”

[4:42]  ⁵ tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

[4:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.