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2 Kings 8:2-3

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8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. 1  She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years. 8:3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. 2 

2 Kings 8:5

Context
8:5 While Gehazi 3  was telling the king how Elisha 4  had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. 5  Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”
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[8:2]  1 tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”

[8:3]  2 tn Heb “and went out to cry out to the king for her house and her field.”

[8:5]  3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  5 tn Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.”



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