2 Kings 10:23
10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu 1 said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” 2
2 Kings 13:19
13:19 The prophet 3 got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! 4 But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”
2 Kings 19:18
19:18 They have burned the gods of the nations, 5 for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. 6
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”
3 tn Heb “man of God.”
4 tn Heb “[It was necessary] to strike five or six times, then you would strike down Syria until destruction.” On the syntax of the infinitive construct, see GKC 349 §114.k.
5 tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”
6 tn Heb “so they destroyed them.”