2Ki 1:11 | NET2full | STEP | The king sent another captain and his 50 soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, “ Prophet , this is what the king says , ‘ Come down at once !’”

‏ 2 Kings 1:11

11 The king ^{▼▼tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} sent another captain and his 50 soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, ^{▼▼tc The MT reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayyaʿan) probably should be emended to “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayyaʿal). See v. 9. One Hebrew ms, the LXX, and Vulgate support וַיַּעַל (vayyaʿal, “he went up”).} “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” ^{▼▼sn In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.}