³² Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and ^(A)the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you ^(B)see how this son of a murderer has sent a man to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and ^[a]hold the door shut against him. Is the sound of his master’s feet not behind him?”

Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem

8 Now it came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord ^[a]God fell upon me there.

God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed

20 Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from the ^(A)elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.