2 Kings 15:12

15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord’s word to Jehu, ¹  “Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ²  That is exactly what happened. ³ 

2 Kings 10:30

10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” ⁴ 

2 Kings 18:9

18:9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched ⁵  up against Samaria ⁶  and besieged it.

[15:12]  ¹ tn Heb “It was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Jehu, saying.”

[15:12]  ² tn “sons of four generations will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and it was so.”

[10:30]  ⁴ 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.

[18:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).

[18:9]  ⁸ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.