Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 1:5:

• Kupsabiny: “When those messengers had returned home, the king asked (them), ‘How did you manage to return so quickly?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When the messengers came back to Ahaziah, he asked them, "Why have you come back?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “After Elias had-spoken to the messengers, they returned to the king. So the king asked them, ‘Why did- you (plur.) -come-back?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Elijah went to meet the messengers and told that to them, and they returned to the king instead of going to Ekron. The king asked them, ‘Why did you return so soon?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)