translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “one of the sons of the prophets.”


text: Or “flask.”


text: Heb “and go and set him apart from his brothers and bring him into an inner room in an inner room.”


text: Heb “anointed.”


text: Heb “and open the door and run away and do not delay.”


label: NET textual note

text: Heb “the young man, the young man, the prophet.” The MT is probably dittographic, the phrase “the young man” being accidentally repeated. The phrases “the young man” and “the prophet” are appositional, with the latter qualifying more specifically the former.


text: Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”


text: Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”


text: Heb “To whom from all of us?”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Or “strike down the house of Ahab your master.”


text: Heb “I will avenge the shed blood of my servants the prophets and the shed blood of all the servants of the Lord from the hand of Jezebel.”


text: The LXX has the second person, “you.”


text: Heb “and I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against a wall, [including both those who are] restrained and let free [or, ‘abandoned’] in Israel.” On the phrase וְעָצוּר וְעָזוּב ( vÿ ’ atsur vÿ ’ azur , translated here “weak and incapacitated”) see the note at 1 Kgs 14:10 .


text: Heb “house.”


text: Heb “went out to.”


text: The MT has the singular, “he said,” but many witnesses correctly read the plural.


text: Heb “Is there peace?”


text: Heb “He said, ‘You, you know the man and his thoughts.’” Jehu tries to deflect their question by reminding them that the man is an eccentric individual who says strange things. His reply suggests that the man said nothing of importance. The translation seeks to bring out the tone and intent of Jehu’s reply.


text: Heb “So he said, ‘Like this and like this he said to me, saying.’” The words “like this and like this” are probably not a direct quote of Jehu’s words to his colleagues. Rather this is the narrator’s way of avoiding repetition and indicating that Jehu repeated, or at least summarized, what the prophet had said to him.


text: Heb “his”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “and they hurried and took, each one his garment, and they placed [them] beneath him on the bone [?] of the steps.” The precise nuance of גֶרֶם ( gerem ), “bone,” is unclear. Some suggest the nuance “bare” here; it may be a technical architectural term in this context.


text: Heb “they blew the trumpet.” This has been translated as a passive to avoid the implication that the same ones who shouted had all blown trumpets.


text: Or “has become.”


text: Heb “he and all Israel.”


text: Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”


text: The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.


text: 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.


text: Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”


text: Heb “lying down.”


text: Heb “to see.”


text: Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה ( shif ’ ah ), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels ( Isa 60:6 ) or horses ( Ezek 26:10 ) and of an abundance of water ( Job 22:11; 38:34 ).


text: The term שִׁפְעַת ( shifat ) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.


text: Heb “said.”


text: Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”


text: Heb “the rider of the horse.”


text: Heb “Is there peace?”


text: Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”


text: Heb “and he came to them.”


text: The MT has simply “peace,” omitting the prefixed interrogative particle. It is likely that the particle has been accidentally omitted; several ancient witnesses include it or assume its presence.


text: Heb “and the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi.”


text: The words “my chariot” are added for clarification.


text: Heb “and he hitched up his chariot.”


text: Heb “each in his chariot and they went out.”


text: Heb “they found him.”


text: Heb “How [can there be] peace as long as the adulterous acts of Jezebel your mother and her many acts of sorcery [continue]?” In this instance “adulterous acts” is employed metaphorically for idolatry. As elsewhere in the OT, worshiping other gods is viewed as spiritual adultery and unfaithfulness to the one true God. The phrase “many acts of sorcery” could be taken literally, for Jezebel undoubtedly utilized pagan divination practices, but the phrase may be metaphorical, pointing to her devotion to pagan customs in general.


text: Heb “and Jehoram turned his hands and fled.” The phrase “turned his hands” refers to how he would have pulled on the reins in order to make his horses turn around.


text: Heb “Deceit, Ahaziah.”


text: Heb “and Jehu filled his hand with the bow and he struck Jehoram between his shoulders.”


text: Heb “went out from.”


text: Heb “said to.”


text: Heb “and I will repay you in this plot of land.”


text: Heb “and Ahaziah king of Judah saw and fled.”


text: After Jehu’s order (“kill him too”), the MT has simply, “to the chariot in the ascent of Gur which is near Ibleam.” The main verb in the clause, “they shot him” ( וַיִּכְהוּ , vayyikhhu ), has been accidentally omitted by virtual haplography/homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding form הַכֻּהוּ ( hakkuhu ), “shoot him,” ends with the same suffix.


text: For location see Map1-D4 ; Map2-C1 ; Map4-C2 ; Map5-F2 ; Map7-B1 .


text: Heb “drove him.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “she fixed her eyes with antimony.” Antimony ( פּוּךְ , pukh ) was used as a cosmetic. The narrator portrays her as a prostitute (see Jer 4:30 ), a role she has played in the spiritual realm (see the note at v. 22 ).


text: Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.


text: The words “when she hit the ground” are added for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “and he trampled her.”


text: Heb “and he went and ate and drank.”


text: Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”


text: Heb “they did not find her, except for.”


text: Heb “It is the word of the Lord , which he spoke by the hand of his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying.”


text: Heb “so that they will not say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”