¹ tn Heb “and Jehu filled his hand with the bow and he struck Jehoram between his shoulders.”

² tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”

³ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

² tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

³ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹ tn Heb “They struck Moab that day—about ten thousand men.”

¹ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

³ tn Heb “struck,” but in context a fatal blow is meant; cf. NLT “who committed the murder.”

⁶ tn Heb “struck your hands”; NIV “have struck hands in pledge”; NASB “have given a pledge.” The guarantee of a pledge was signaled by a handshake (e.g., 11:15; 17:18; 22:26).

² tn Or “because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck.” Some translations render this as an impersonal passive. On the translation of the word “struck” see the note on this term in v. 25.

¹ tn Heb “and I struck him, hiding, and I was angry.” פָּנִים (panim, “face”) is the implied object of “hiding.”

¹ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

¹ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

¹ tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”

² tn Grk “extending his hand, drew out his sword, and struck.” Because rapid motion is implied in the circumstances, the translation “grabbed” was used.

³ tn Heb “Why have you struck us and there is no healing for us.” The statement involves poetic exaggeration (hyperbole) for rhetorical effect.

³ tn Heb “Each struck down his counterpart.” The presumption is that the armies are wiped out, not just that the kings killed each other.

² tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”