Study it in the app“Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I and you to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for YHWH has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.””
Elishaאֱלִישָׁעsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל“What haveמַהIלִּיand youוָלָךְto do with each other?Goלֵךְtoאֶלthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof your fatherאָבִיךָand toוְאֶלthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof your mother.”אִמֶּךָThe kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“No,אַלforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas calledקָרָאtheseהָאֵלֶּהthreeלִשְׁלֹשֶׁתkingsהַמְּלָכִיםto giveלָתֵתthemאוֹתָםinto the handבְּיַדof Moab.”מוֹאָב
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tet” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsMoab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
12Jehoshaphat said, “The word of YHWH is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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14Elisha said, “As YHWH Tsevaot lives, before whom I stand, if it were not for my regard for Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or see you.
