Footnotes

1. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”
2. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “lying down.”
3. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “to see.”
4. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shifʿah), “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).
5. 2 Kings 9:17 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifʿat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
6. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “Jehoram” here and in vv. 21, 22, 23, 24; Joram is a short form of the name Jehoram.
7. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “said.”
8. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”
9. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”
10. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “Is there peace?”
11. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”