2 Kings 6:21

6:21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Should I strike them down, ¹  my master?” ² 

2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ³  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ⁴  killed him at Megiddo ⁵  when he saw him.

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Should I strike them down? I will strike them down.” In the Hebrew text the first person imperfect form is repeated; the first form has the interrogative he prefixed to it; the second does not. It is likely that the second form should be omitted as dittographic or that the first should be emended to an infinitive absolute.

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “my father.” The king addresses the prophet in this way to indicate his respect. See 2 Kgs 2:12.

[23:29]  ³ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

[23:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:29]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.