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13 The king[a] sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell[b] on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 1:13 tn Heb “went up and approached and kneeled.”