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2 Kings 13:18-20
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18 Then Elisha[a] said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so.[b] He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped. 19 The prophet[c] got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria![d] But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

20 Elisha died and was buried.[e] Moabite raiding parties invaded[f] the land at the beginning of the year.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 13:18 tn Heb “and he took [them].”
  3. 2 Kings 13:19 tn Heb “man of God.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:19 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.
  5. 2 Kings 13:20 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
  6. 2 Kings 13:20 tn Heb “entered.”
  7. 2 Kings 13:20 tc The MT reading בָּא שָׁנָה (baʾ shanah), “it came, year,” should probably be emended to בְּבָא הַשָּׁנָה (bevaʾ hashanah), “at the coming [i.e., ‘beginning’] of the year.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 148.
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