2 Raja-raja 1:2
Konteks1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria 1 and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, 2 “Go, ask 3 Baal Zebub, 4 the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”
2 Raja-raja 6:22
Konteks6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? 5 Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”
[1:2] 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[1:2] 2 tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”
[1:2] 3 tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”
[1:2] 4 sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.
[6:22] 5 tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”