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2 Kings 1:11
New English Translation
2 Kings 1:11
New English Translation
11 The king[a] sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,[b] “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”[c]
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- 2 Kings 1:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 1:11 tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayyaʿan) probably should be emended to “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayyaʿal). See v. 9. One Hebrew ms, the LXX, and Vulgate support וַיַּעַל (vayyaʿal, “he went up”).
- 2 Kings 1:11 sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.
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