2 Kings 1:11
11 The king ▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, ▼ “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” ▼▼ 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.
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