29 Heb “Should I strike them down? I will strike them down.” In the Hebrew text the first person imperfect form is repeated; the first form has the interrogative he prefixed to it; the second does not. It is likely that the second form should be omitted as dittographic or that the first should be emended to an infinitive absolute.
30 Heb “my father.” The king addresses the prophet in this way to indicate his respect. See 2 Kgs 2:12.

In other versions

As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father? Shall I kill them?”

When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Should I kill them, should I kill them, my father?”

When the king of Israel saw them, he shouted to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?”

Then the king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, “Shall I kill them? Shall I kill, my father?”

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

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