2 Kings 9:7

9:7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. 1  I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants. 2 

2 Kings 19:18

19:18 They have burned the gods of the nations, 3  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. 4 

2 Kings 21:13

21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria 5  and the dynasty of Ahab. 6  I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. 7 

2 Kings 24:2

24:2 The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets. 8 

1 tn Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”

2 tn Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”

3 tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

4 tn Heb “so they destroyed them.”

5 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

6 tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

7 tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.

8 tn Heb “he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.”