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2 Kings 1:5

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1:5When the messengers returned to the king,7 he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

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  1. 7 Heb “to him.” The narrative is elliptical and telescoped here. The account of Elijah encountering the messengers and delivering the Lord’s message is omitted; we only here of it as the messengers report what happened to the king.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The messengers returned to the king, who asked them, “Why have you come back?”

NLTNew Living Translation

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned so soon?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When the messengers returned to him, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?