2 Kings 1:9 
Context| NETBible | The king 1 sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 2 to retrieve Elijah. 3 The captain 4 went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 5 He told him, “Prophet, 6 the king says, ‘Come down!’” |
| NIV © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’" |
| NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, "O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’" |
| NLT © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, "Man of God, the king has commanded you to come along with us." |
| MSG © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
The king sent a captain with fifty men to Elijah. Meanwhile Elijah was sitting, big as life, on top of a hill. The captain said, "O Holy Man! King's orders: Come down!" |
| BBE © SABDAweb 2Ki 1:9 |
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus 2Ki 1:9 |
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’" |
| NKJV © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: "Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’" |
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| NASB © biblegateway 2Ki 1:9 |
Then the king sent <07971> to him a captain <08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572> . And he went <05927> up to him, and behold <02009> , he was sitting <03427> on the top <07218> of the hill <02022> . And he said <01696> to him, "O man <0376> of God <0430> , the king <04428> says <01696> , 'Come <03381> down <03381> .'" |
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| NET [draft] ITL | The king sent <07971> a captain <08269> and his fifty <02572> soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up <05927> to <0413> him, while he was sitting <03427> on <05921> the top <07218> of a hill <02022> . He told <01696> him, “Prophet <0430> <0376> , the king <04428> says <01696> , ‘Come down <03381> !’” |
| HEBREW | |
| NETBible | The king 1 sent a captain and his fifty soldiers 2 to retrieve Elijah. 3 The captain 4 went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. 5 He told him, “Prophet, 6 the king says, ‘Come down!’” |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.” 3 tn Heb “to him.” 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 5 sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers. 6 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13). |
