2 Kings 5:19

5:19 Elisha29 said to him, “Go in peace.”

When he had gone a short distance,30

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29	tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
30	tn Heb “and he went from him a distance of land.” The precise meaning of כִּבְרַה (kivrah) “distance,” is uncertain. See BDB 460 s.v. כִּבְרַה, and HALOT 459–60 s.v. II כְּבָרַה, and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings* (AB), 65.