2 Kings 8:2-3
Context8:2 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
Context8:5 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!”


[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.”