2 Kings 8:2

8:2 So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

2 Kings 9:8

9:8 Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

2 Kings 10:11

10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

2 Kings 10:17

10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, just as the Lord had announced to Elijah.


tn Heb “and the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God.”

tc The LXX has the second person, “you.”

tn Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or, ‘abandoned’] in Israel.” On the phrase וְעָצוּר וְעָזוּב (vÿatsur vÿazur, translated here “weak and incapacitated”) see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.

tn Heb “and he struck down all the remaining ones to Ahab in Samaria until he destroyed him.”

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