2 Raja-raja 10:18-23

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  10:19 So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. ⁴  None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.” But Jehu was tricking them ⁵  so he could destroy the servants of Baal. 10:20 Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for ⁶  a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it. 10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. ⁷  10:22 Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, ⁸  “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them. 10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu ⁹  said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” ¹⁰ 

[10:18]  ¹ tn Or “served.

[10:18]  ² tn Or “serve.”

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

[10:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests summon to me.”

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “acted with deception [or, ‘trickery’].”

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “set apart”; or “observe as holy.”

[10:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

[10:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he said to the one who was over the wardrobe.”

[10:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”