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2 Kings 6:31-33
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31 Then he said, “May God judge me severely[a] if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”[b]

32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.[c] The king[d] sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,[e] Elisha[f] said to the leaders,[g] “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?[h] Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”[i] 33 He was still talking to them when[j] the messenger approached[k] and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster![l] Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:31 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
  2. 2 Kings 6:31 tn Heb “if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
  3. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “and the elders were sitting with him.”
  4. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “sent a man from before him, before the messenger came to him.”
  6. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  7. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “elders.”
  8. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “Do you see that this son of an assassin has sent to remove my head?”
  9. 2 Kings 6:32 tn Heb “Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  10. 2 Kings 6:33 tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.
  11. 2 Kings 6:33 tn Heb “came down to him.”
  12. 2 Kings 6:33 tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”
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