1:10a Elijah answered the captain,

Elijah said to the captain of the fifty ⌊men⌋ ,

-or-

Elijah replied to the army officer,

1:10b “If I am a man of God,

“If I am a man of God,

-or-

“Since I am a prophet of/from God,

1:10c may fire come down from heaven

may fire come down from ⌊God in⌋ heaven

-or-

⌊I am asking God to send⌋ fire/lightning from the sky

1:10d and consume you and your fifty men.”

and burn/kill you (sing.) and your fifty men!”

-or-

and destroy/kill you (sing.) and your fifty soldiers!”

1:10e And fire came down from heaven

Then fire came down from heaven

-or-

⌊At once⌋ fire/lightning fell/flashed from the sky,

1:10f and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

and burned/killed the captain and his fifty men.

-or-

and it destroyed/killed the army officer and his fifty soldiers.

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

2:24a Then he turned around, looked at them

Elisha turned around, looked at them,

-or-

Elisha turned back and stared at them.

2:24b and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD.

and called on Yahweh to curse them.

-or-

Then he asked Yahweh to punish them.

2:24c Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods

Then two bears appeared from the woods

-or-

Two ⌊female/mother⌋ bears came running from the scrub/bush/wild land.

2:24d and mauled forty-two of the boys.

and tore/ripped forty-two of the boys.

-or-

They ⌊attacked⌋ the forty-two boys, tearing them into pieces.

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

4:4a Then go inside,

Then, go (sing.) back inside ⌊your house⌋ .

-or-

After ⌊collecting them⌋ , ⌊take all of those containers/jars⌋ into your house.

4:4b shut the door behind you and your sons,

Shut the door with you and your (sing.) sons inside.

-or-

Close the door. Only your (sing.) sons should be there/inside with you.

4:4c and pour oil into all these jars,

Then pour oil into all the ⌊empty⌋ containers/vessels.

-or-

Then start to pour the/⌊your⌋ olive oil into the jars/pots ⌊that you borrowed/collected⌋ .

4:4d setting the full ones aside.”

As each one gets full, remove (sing.) it ⌊from the others⌋ .”

-or-

When one of the jars/pots is full ⌊of oil⌋ , set/place (sing.) it somewhere else.”

4:4d (reordered)

Push (sing.) them away/off to the side as you fill them.”

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

4:36a Elisha summoned Gehazi and said,

Then Elisha called Gehazi and said,

-or-

Elisha asked Gehazi to come to him. Then he told Gehazi to

4:36b “Call the Shunammite woman.”

“Call (sing.) the woman from Shunem.”

-or-

ask/tell the boy’s mother to come to them.

4:36c So he called her

He called her.

-or-

Gehazi brought/called her to them.

4:36d and she came. Then Elisha said,

When the woman came, Elisha said,

-or-

Then Elisha said to the mother,

4:36e “Pick up your son.”

“You may take your son.”

-or-

“⌊Here is⌋ your son. You can have/receive him back.”

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

5:24a When Gehazi came to the hill,

When Gehazi and the servants arrived at ⌊Elisha’s⌋ hill,

-or-

They reached the hilltop ⌊where Elisha lived⌋ .

5:24b he took the gifts from the servants

Gehazi took the loads from their hands

-or-

⌊There⌋ Gehazi took the two bags from the servants

5:24c and stored them in the house.

and put/stored them in the house.

-or-

and hid them in ⌊Elisha’s⌋ house.

5:24d Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.

He then dismissed the servants and they went away.

-or-

Then he let Naaman’s servants go back to him,

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

6:29a So we boiled my son and ate him,

So we (excl.) boiled my son and ate him.

-or-

⌊I agreed.⌋ We ⌊killed⌋ my son and cooked his flesh. Then we (excl.) both ate it/him.

-or-

So the first woman ⌊killed⌋ her son, cooked his flesh, and ate it together with this other woman.

6:29b and the next day I said to her,

The day after that, I said to her,

-or-

The following day I told her that

-or-

The next day, she asked the other woman

6:29c ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’

‘Bring your (sing.) son here so that we (incl.) can ⌊kill him and⌋ eat him.’

-or-

⌊it was time⌋ to bring her son for us (excl.) to kill and eat.

-or-

to kill her son so that they might eat his flesh.

6:29d But she had hidden her son.”

However, that woman had already hidden her son.”

-or-

But ⌊I learned that⌋ she had put him ⌊in a place⌋ where I could not find him.”

-or-

But ⌊she refused⌋ . Instead, she hid her son.

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

8:8a So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand,

Hazael is also mentioned in 1 Kings 19:15, 17. Spell his name the same way here.

The king ⌊then⌋ said to Hazael, “Take (sing.) a present

-or-

The king told ⌊one of his men named⌋ Hazael to get some presents

8:8b go to meet the man of God

and go to see ⌊Elisha⌋ the man of God.

-or-

and take them to ⌊Elisha⌋ the prophet.

8:8c and inquire of the LORD through him,

I want him to consult Yahweh ⌊for me⌋ .

-or-

He wanted the prophet to ask Yahweh

8:8d ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

I want him to tell me if I am going to get well ⌊or not⌋ .”

-or-

if he would get well.

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

9:11a When Jehu went out to the servants of his master,

Jehu went out to join the other officers.

-or-

Jehu left ⌊the building⌋ and went over/back to the other officers.

9:11b they asked, “Is everything all right?

One of them asked him, “Is everything all right?

-or-

One of the officers asked him, “Is all well?

9:11c Why did this madman come to you?”

Why did this mad man come to see you?”

-or-

What did this crazy prophet want?”

9:11d “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

Jehu said to them, “You (plur.) know this man what he talks about!”

-or-

Jehu said to them, “You all know the things ⌊that prophets⌋ like him usually say!”

© 2020 by SIL International®

Made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-SA) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

All Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible.

BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.