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2 Kings 1:9

NETBible	The king¹ sent a captain and his fifty soldiers² to retrieve Elijah.³ The captain⁴ 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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KJV	Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) unto him a captain <08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572>_. And he went up <05927> (8799) to him: and, behold, he sat <03427> (8802) on the top <07218> of an hill <02022>_. And he spake <01696> (8762) unto him, Thou man <0376> of God <0430>_, the king <04428> hath said <01696> (8765)_, Come down <03381> (8798)_.
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> .'"
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ apesteilen <649> V-AAI-3S prov <4314> PREP auton <846> D-ASM hgoumenon <2233> V-PMPAS penthkontarcon {N-ASM} kai <2532> CONJ touv <3588> T-APM penthkonta <4004> N-NUI autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ anebh <305> V-AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ hlyen <2064> V-AAI-3S prov <4314> PREP auton <846> D-ASM kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> INJ hliou {N-PRI} ekayhto <2521> V-IAI-3S epi <1909> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF korufhv {N-GSF} tou <3588> T-GSN orouv <3735> N-GSN kai <2532> CONJ elalhsen <2980> V-AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM penthkontarcov {N-NSM} prov <4314> PREP auton <846> D-ASM kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} anyrwpe <444> N-VSM tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM o <3588> T-NSM basileuv <935> N-NSM ekalesen <2564> V-AAI-3S se <4771> P-AS katabhyi <2597> V-AAD-2S
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	hdr <03381> rbd <01696> Klmh <04428> Myhlah <0430> sya <0376> wyla <0413> rbdyw <01696> rhh <02022> sar <07218> le <05921> bsy <03427> hnhw <02009> wyla <0413> leyw <05927> wysmxw <02572> Mysmx <02572> rv <08269> wyla <0413> xlsyw (1:9) <07971>

NETBible

The king¹ sent a captain and his fifty soldiers² to retrieve Elijah.³ The captain⁴ 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

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”

³tn Heb “to him.”

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵sn The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.

⁶tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).