2 Kings 5:22

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. ¹  My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. ²  Please give them a talent ³  of silver and two suits of clothes.’”

2 Kings 9:19

9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ⁴  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁵  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

[5:22]  ¹ tn Heb “peace.”

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

[5:22]  ³ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

[9:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ⁵ tc The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.