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2 Kings 13:21-23
New English Translation
2 Kings 13:21-23
New English Translation
21 One day some men[a] were burying a man when they spotted[b] a raiding party. So they threw the dead man[c] into Elisha’s tomb. When the body[d] touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man[e] came to life and stood on his feet.
22 Now King Hazael of Syria oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz’s reign.[f] 23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them.[g] He extended his favor to them[h] because of the promise he had made[i] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.[j]
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- 2 Kings 13:21 tn Heb “and it so happened [that] they.”
- 2 Kings 13:21 tn Heb “and look, they saw.”
- 2 Kings 13:21 tn Heb “the man”; the adjective “dead” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 13:21 tn Heb “the man.”
- 2 Kings 13:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life.
- 2 Kings 13:22 tn Heb “all the days of Jehoahaz.”
- 2 Kings 13:23 tn Or “showed them compassion.”
- 2 Kings 13:23 tn Heb “he turned to them.”
- 2 Kings 13:23 tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”
- 2 Kings 13:23 tn Heb “until now.”
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