1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 10:1:1 ⧉וּלְאַחְאָ֛בuleakhavand to Ahab 2 Kings 10:1:2 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiveimseventy 2 Kings 10:1:3 ⧉בָּנִ֖יםbanimsons 2 Kings 10:1:4 ⧉בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹןbeshomeronin Samaria 2 Kings 10:1:5 ⧉וַיִּכְתֹּב֩vayiktovand he wrote 2 Kings 10:1:6 ⧉יֵה֨וּאyehuJehu 2 Kings 10:1:7 ⧉סְפָרִ֜יםsefarimletters 2 Kings 10:1:8 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvayishlakhand he sent 2 Kings 10:1:9 ⧉שֹׁמְר֗וֹןshomeronto Samaria 2 Kings 10:1:10 ⧉אֶל־שָׂרֵ֤יelsareto the rulers of 2 Kings 10:1:11 ⧉יִזְרְעֶאל֙yizreelJezreel 2 Kings 10:1:12 ⧉הַזְּקֵנִ֔יםhazzekenimthe elders 2 Kings 10:1:13 ⧉וְאֶל־הָאֹמְנִ֥יםveelhaomenimand to the guardians 2 Kings 10:1:14 ⧉אַחְאָ֖בakhavof Ahab 2 Kings 10:1:15 ⧉לֵאמֹֽר׃lemorsaying |
1. Formal Translation Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu then wrote letters and dispatched them to Samaria, addressed to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and the guardians of Ahab’s sons, saying, |
1. Dynamic Translation Seventy sons of Ahab lived in Samaria, so Jehu sent letters there to the Jezreel officials, the elders, and the caretakers of Ahab’s children, saying, |