10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. 3 So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, 4
1 tn Heb “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the
2 tn Heb “He did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam which he caused Israel to commit.”
3 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
4 tn Heb “to the officers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab, saying.” It is not certain why the officials of Jezreel would be in Samaria. They may have fled there after they heard what happened to Joram and before Jehu entered the city. They would have had time to flee while Jehu was pursuing Ahaziah.
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
7 tn Heb “and struck him down and killed him.”
8 tn Heb “and did not walk in the way of the