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2 Kings 2:9-11
New English Translation
2 Kings 2:9-11
New English Translation
9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you,[a] before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you?”[b] 10 Elijah[c] replied, “That’s a difficult request![d] If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”
11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot[e] pulled by fiery horses appeared.[f] They went between Elijah and Elisha,[g] and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
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- 2 Kings 2:9 tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”
- 2 Kings 2:9 tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”
- 2 Kings 2:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 2:10 tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”
- 2 Kings 2:11 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
- 2 Kings 2:11 tn Heb “look, a chariot of fire and horses of fire.”
- 2 Kings 2:11 tn Heb “and they made a division between the two of them.”
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