Elisja satt i sitt hus, og de eldste var med ham; kongen sendte en mann foran seg, men før sendebudet kom, sa han til de eldste: Ser dere denne morderens sønn, som har sendt noen for å ta mitt hode? Når sendebudet kommer, steng døren og hold den fast mot ham. Er ikke lyden av hans herres føtter bak ham?
But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?