## Elisha answered ##

Elisha was replying to the king of Israel'​s question.

## Would you kill those whom you had taken captive with your sword and bow? ##

AT: "You would not kill men that were captured as prisoners of war." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Put bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink ##

AT: "Give them food to eat and water to drink,"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## go to their master ##

"​return to the king of Aram"

## So the king prepared much food for them ##

"Then the king ordered his servants to prepare a lot of food for them," (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

## he sent them away ##

The king of Israel sent the Aramean soldiers back to their homeland.

## they went to back to their master ##

They returned to the king of Aram.

## did not return for a long time into the land of Israel ##

"​stopped attacking the land of Israel for a long time."​