3:13a Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel,

But Elisha said to the king of Israel,

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But Elisha said to ⌊Joram⌋ the king of Israel,

3:13b “What have we to do with each other?

“What is our (incl.) relationship/connection? ⌊There is none!⌋

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“Why do you (sing.) come to me ⌊for help/advice⌋ ?

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“There is no reason for you (sing.) to ⌊consult⌋ me.

3:13c Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!”

Go (sing.) ⌊and talk⌋ to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother!”

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You should go ⌊and ask for help/advice from⌋ the prophets whom your father and mother ⌊honored⌋ .”

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Go ⌊and consult⌋ the prophets ⌊of the false/foreign gods whom⌋ your father and mother ⌊worshiped⌋ !”

3:13d “No,” replied the king of Israel,

The king of Israel said, “No, ⌊I will not,⌋

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But Joram answered, “No. ⌊I want to ask/consult Yahweh.⌋

3:13e “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings

because it was Yahweh who called us (excl.) three kings together.

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It is Yahweh who has brought/led us (excl.) three kings together

3:13f to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

He is the one who is putting us (excl.) into the power of the Moabites!”

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so that the Moabite ⌊army⌋ could capture us!”

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4:18a And the child grew,

The baby boy grew ⌊into a child⌋ .

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The baby grew ⌊and became a boy/child⌋ .

4:18b and one day he went out to his father,

One day he went out ⌊to the field⌋ to be with his father.

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One time he left ⌊his house/home⌋ to ⌊see/help⌋ his father.

4:18c who was with the harvesters.

His father was ⌊working⌋ with the harvesters.

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⌊At that time⌋ his father was with the men/workers who were gathering the crops/harvest.

4:18b-c (reordered)

One day his father was out ⌊in the fields⌋ with the workers who were harvesting the crops. The little boy went to his father.

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5:6a And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated:

He also took the letter for the king of Israel. The letter said:

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⌊He also brought⌋ the letter for the king of Israel. ⌊In it⌋ ⌊the king of Aram/Syria⌋ said/wrote,

5:6b “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman,

“The man who comes to you (sing.) with this letter is my servant Naaman. I have sent him

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“I have told my officer Naaman to bring/carry this letter to you. (sing.)

5:6c so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

so that you (sing.) may heal him from his leprosy disease.”

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He has a serious skin disease ⌊and I want⌋ you (sing.) to make him well.”

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6:11a For this reason the king of Aram became enraged

Aram’s king became furious about this.

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This made the king of Aram very angry.

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The king of Aram/Syria became very angry ⌊when he heard about what was happening⌋ .

6:11b and called his servants to demand of them,

So he summoned his officers. He said to them,

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He called his military leaders and demanded that

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So he called his army officers to a meeting.

6:11c “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

“I require you to tell me who among us (incl.) is ⌊working⌋ for the king of Israel!”

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they tell him which one of them was ⌊helping⌋ Israel’s king.

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Then he asked them which of them was ⌊revealing/giving his plans⌋ to the king of Israel.

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7:10a So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city,

So they went ⌊back to the city of Samaria⌋ . They shouted to the guards at the city gates.

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So the four men/lepers returned ⌊to the gate of Samaria⌋ . There they shouted to ⌊get the attention of⌋ the watchmen.

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So the men went back to the city and shouted the news to the watchmen at the gate/entrance.

7:10b saying, “We went to the Aramean camp

They told them, “We (excl.) went to the camp of the Arameans,

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They said, “We have just gone to the place where the soldiers from Aram/Syria were staying.

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They told them how they had entered the place where the Arameans/Syrians had set up their tents.

7:10c and no one was there—

but there was nobody there.

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We (excl.) did not find/see a single person there.

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There they had not found a single person/man,

7:10d not a trace—

There was no sound of/from any human being.

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Nor did/could we hear anyone.

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and they had not heard any human sound.

7:10e only tethered horses and donkeys,

There were only horses and donkeys, still tied up,

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All that was there were the horses and donkeys ⌊that the Arameans/Syrians⌋ had left tied up.

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They had only seen horses and donkeys ⌊that people had tied up with ropes⌋ .

7:10f and the tents were intact.”

and the tents, just as the Arameans/Syrians had left them.”

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⌊They had abandoned⌋ their tents too, leaving them just as they were.”

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They had also noticed that the tents had been left in their places.

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8:22a So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah.

From then until today, ⌊the kingdom of⌋ Judah has not controlled ⌊the country of⌋ Edom.

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⌊The people of⌋ Edom have been free/independent from from Judah ever since.

8:22b Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

⌊The country of⌋ Libnah also rebelled ⌊against Judah⌋ .

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At that same time, ⌊the people of⌋ Libnah also decided not to obey ⌊the king of Judah⌋ .

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9:36a So they went back and told Jehu, who replied,

Jehu’s men returned and told him ⌊what they saw⌋ . He said,

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The men came back to Jehu and told him ⌊what had happened⌋ . Then Jehu said,

9:36b “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite:

“The Lord ’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, (NET Bible)

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“Yahweh said that this would happen. Through his servant Elijah ⌊from the town⌋ of Tishbe he said,

9:36c ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.

‘On the property at Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel.

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‘Dogs will eat Jezebel’s body in ⌊the city of⌋ Jezreel. ⌊This will take place⌋ on the piece of land in that city.

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10:31a Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart.

But Jehu did not really/sincerely try to follow the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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But Jehu failed to obey the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with his whole heart and mind.

10:31b He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

He did not stop doing the sins that Jeroboam had done,

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He continued to follow the evil ways of King Jeroboam.

10:31c He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

the sins that Jeroboam had caused the Israelites to do.

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He committed the same sins into which Jeroboam had led the people of Israel.

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