2 Kings 10:18

Jehu Executes the Prophets and Priests of Baal

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 

2 Kings 10:26-28

10:26 They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. 10:27 They demolished ⁴  the sacred pillar of Baal and ⁵  the temple of Baal; it is used as ⁶  a latrine ⁷  to this very day. 10:28 So Jehu eradicated Baal worship ⁸  from Israel.

2 Kings 10:1

Jehu Wipes Out Ahab’s Family

10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. ⁹  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, ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah.

2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah.

[10:18]  ¹ tn Or “served.

[10:18]  ² tn Or “serve.”

[10:18]  ³ tn Heb “much” or “greatly.”

[10:27]  ⁴ tn Or “pulled down.”

[10:27]  ⁵ tn The verb “they demolished” is repeated in the Hebrew text.

[10:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they made it into.”

[10:27]  ⁷ tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has the hapax legomenon מַחֲרָאוֹת (makhara’ot), “places to defecate” or “dung houses” (note the related noun חרא (khr’)/חרי (khri), “dung,” HALOT 348-49 s.v. *חֲרָאִים). The marginal reading (Qere) glosses this, perhaps euphemistically, מוֹצָאוֹת (motsa’ot), “outhouses.”

[10:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”

[10:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[10:1]  ¹⁰ 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.