diff --git a/2ki/10/06.md b/2ki/10/06.md index cd6b327d52..241b309599 100644 --- a/2ki/10/06.md +++ b/2ki/10/06.md @@ -1,32 +1,20 @@ # wrote a letter the second time to them -Joram had written one letter. This was the next. Alternate translation: "again wrote a letter to them" or "wrote another letter to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]]) +"again wrote a letter to them" or "wrote another letter to them" # on my side -To "be on someone's side" means to be loyal to them and supportive of them. Alternate translation: "loyal to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) - -# listen - -to hear and obey +"loyal to me" # to my voice -Here Jehu's "voice" refer to what he says. Alternate translation: "to what I say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) - -# you must take the heads ... and come to me - -It is implied that they are to bring the heads of the Ahab's descendant and present them to Jehu. Alternate translation: "you must take the heads ... and bring them to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +"to what I say" # you must take the heads of the men of your master's descendants -This refers to killing them and removing their heads. Alternate translation: "kill your master's descendants and cut off their heads" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]]) - -# seventy in number - -"70 in number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]]) +"kill your master's descendants and cut off their heads". God's prophecy against the family of Ahab was fulfilled. Jehu killed all of Ahab's descendants and all the worshipers of Baal. # who were bringing them up -This means that they were supervising them and teaching them. Alternate translation: "who were raising them" or "who were supervising them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) +"who were raising them" or "who were supervising them"