Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
And the young man goeth--the young man the prophet--to Ramoth-Gilead,
And the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC