[73] 2 Kings iv. 23. Hebrew "Peace"; A.V., "It shall be well."
[74] Salutations occupy some time in the formally courteous East. Comp. Luke x. 4.
[75] 2 Kings viii. 1.
[76] Not "lap," as in A. V. (Heb., beged); LXX. συνέλιξε πλῆρες τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ; Vulg., implevit vestem suam (both correctly).
[77] Heb., paquoth; LXX., τολύπην ἀγρίαν; Vulg; colocynthidas agri. Hence the name cucumis prophetarum.
[78] Lord of the Chain and "Three lands." Three wadies meet at this spot, a little west of Bethel.
[79] 2 Kings iv. 42. Karmel, Lev. ii. 14. Perhaps a sort of frumenty.
[80] The word for "wallet" (tsiqlon; Vulg., pera) occurs here only. Peshito, "garment." The Vatican LXX. omits it. The Greek version has ἐν κωρύκῳ αὐτοῦ.
[81] See Lev. ii. 14, xxiii. 14.
[82] 2 Kings iv. 43. The word for "his servitor" (m'chartho) is used also of Joshua. It does not mean a mere ordinary attendant. LXX., λειτουργός; Vulg., minister.