¹¹ Joab said to the man who had told him this, “What! You saw him? Why didn’t you strike^(A) him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels^[a] of silver and a warrior’s belt.^(B)”

¹³ Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’”

She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”