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2 Kings 9:4-6
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4 So the young prophet[a] went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.[b] So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.”[c] Jehu asked, “For which one of us?”[d] He replied, “For you, O officer.” 6 So Jehu[e] got up and went inside. Then the prophet[f] poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord’s people Israel.

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  1. 2 Kings 9:4 tc Heb “the young man, the young man, the prophet.” The MT is probably dittographic, the phrase “the young man” being accidentally repeated. The phrases “the young man” and “the prophet” are appositional, with the latter qualifying more specifically the former.
  2. 2 Kings 9:5 tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”
  3. 2 Kings 9:5 tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”
  4. 2 Kings 9:5 tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”
  5. 2 Kings 9:6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Kings 9:6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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