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2 Kings 6:30-32
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30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.[a] 31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely[b] if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”[c]

32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.[d] The king[e] sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,[f] Elisha[g] said to the leaders,[h] “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?[i] Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”[j]

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  1. 2 Kings 6:30 tn Heb “the people saw, and look, [there was] sackcloth against his skin underneath.”
  2. 2 Kings 6:31 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
  3. 2 Kings 6:31 tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
  4. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”
  5. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”
  7. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  8. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “elders.”
  9. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”
  10. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
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