2 Kings 8:14

8:14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad ¹  asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael ²  replied, “He told me you would surely recover.”

2 Kings 9:12

9:12 But they said, “You’re lying! Tell us what he said.” So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said, ³  “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have designated you as king over Israel.’”

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “So he said, ‘Like this and like this he said to me, saying.’” The words “like this and like this” are probably not a direct quote of Jehu’s words to his colleagues. Rather this is the narrator’s way of avoiding repetition and indicating that Jehu repeated, or at least summarized, what the prophet had said to him.