10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, 8 then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” 9 Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent 10 men of the city were raising them.
18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser 15 from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 16 along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went 17 and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 18
1 tn Or “the spirit of the
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “the officer on whose hand the king leans.”
4 tn Heb “man of God.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”
5 tn Heb “If you are mine and you are listening to my voice.”
6 sn Jehu’s command is intentionally vague. Does he mean that they should bring the guardians (those who are “heads” over Ahab’s sons) for a meeting, or does he mean that they should bring the literal heads of Ahab’s sons with them? (So LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and some
7 tn Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.
7 tn Heb “Because you have done well by doing what is proper in my eyes – according to all which was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab – sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.” In the Hebrew text the Lord’s statement is one long sentence (with a parenthesis). The translation above divides it into shorter sentences for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Or “I have done wrong.”
10 tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”
11 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.
11 sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
12 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
13 tn Heb “and they went up and came.”
14 tn Heb “the field of the washer.”