2 Raja-raja 18:23

18:23 Now make a deal ¹  with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

2 Raja-raja 9:18-19

9:18 So the horseman ²  went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ³  Jehu replied, “None of your business! ⁴  Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.” 9:19 So he sent a second horseman out to them ⁵  and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” ⁶  Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”

2 Raja-raja 7:15

7:15 So they tracked them ⁷  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. ⁸  The scouts ⁹  went back and told the king.

2 Raja-raja 9:17

9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. ¹⁰  He said, “I see troops!” ¹¹  Jehoram ordered, ¹²  “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” ¹³ 

2 Raja-raja 9:20

9:20 The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; ¹⁴  he drives recklessly.”

2 Raja-raja 9:25

9:25 Jehu ordered ¹⁵  his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

[18:23]  ¹ tn Heb “exchange pledges.”

[9:18]  ² tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”

[9:18]  ³ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[9:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”

[9:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he came to them.”

[9:19]  ⁶ tc 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.

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “went after.”

[7:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

[7:15]  ⁹ tn Or “messengers.”

[9:17]  ¹⁰ tn 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).

[9:17]  ¹¹ tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.

[9:17]  ¹² tn Heb “said.”

[9:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”

[9:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi.”

[9:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “said to.”