2 Kings 5:18

5:18 May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.” ¹ 

2 Kings 9:15

9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ²  when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. ³  Jehu told his supporters, ⁴  “If you really want me to be king, ⁵  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

¹ tn Heb “When my master enters the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand and I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, when I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this thing.”

² tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

³ sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.

⁴ tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.