2 Kings 1:17

1:17 He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. 1  In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. 2 

2 Kings 10:6

10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, 3  then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” 4  Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent 5  men of the city were raising them.

2 Kings 25:17

25:17 Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet 6  high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet 7  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it.

1 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke through Elijah.”

2 tn Heb “Jehoram replaced him as king…because he had no son.” Some ancient textual witnesses add “his brother,” which was likely added on the basis of the statement later in the verse that Ahaziah had no son.

3 tn Heb “If you are mine and you are listening to my voice.”

4 sn Jehu’s command is intentionally vague. Does he mean that they should bring the guardians (those who are “heads” over Ahab’s sons) for a meeting, or does he mean that they should bring the literal heads of Ahab’s sons with them? (So LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and some mss of the Targum) The city leaders interpret his words in the literal sense, but Jehu’s command is so ambiguous he is able to deny complicity in the executions (see v. 9).

5 tn Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.

6 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” The standard cubit in the OT is assumed by most authorities to be about eighteen inches (45 cm) long.

7 tn Heb “three cubits.” The parallel passage in Jer 52:22 has “five.”