1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord.¹ His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s.²

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up³ from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps⁴ and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.⁵

1 Kings 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,⁶ “May the gods judge me severely⁷ if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”⁸

1 Kings 20:34

20:34 Ben Hadad⁹ said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets¹⁰ in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.”¹¹ Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.”¹² So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.

¹tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

²tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

³tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁴tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁵tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁶tn Heb “saying.”

⁷tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

⁸tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

⁹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “streets,” but this must refer to streets set up with stalls for merchants to sell their goods. See HALOT 299 s.v. חוּץ.

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¹²tn Heb “I will send you away with a treaty.” The words “Ahab then said” are supplied in the translation. There is nothing in the Hebrew text to indicate that the speaker has changed from Ben Hadad to Ahab. Some suggest adding “and he said” before “I will send you away.” Others prefer to maintain Ben Hadad as the speaker and change the statement to, “Please send me away with a treaty.”