10:18 Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped 1 Baal a little; Jehu will worship 2 him with great devotion. 3 10:19 So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. 4 None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.” But Jehu was tricking them 5 so he could destroy the servants of Baal. 10:20 Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for 6 a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it.
1 tn Or “served.
2 tn Or “serve.”
3 tn Heb “much” or “greatly.”
4 tn Heb “and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests summon to me.”
5 tn Heb “acted with deception [or, ‘trickery’].”
6 tn Heb “set apart”; or “observe as holy.”