translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.


text: Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.


text: By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12 .