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22 Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe,[a] “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

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  1. 2 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “and he said to the one who was over the wardrobe.”

23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu[a] 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.”[b]

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  1. 2 Kings 10:23 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 10:23 tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, but only the servants of Baal.”

“On the day of the Lord’s sacrificial meal,
I will punish the princes[a] and the king’s sons,
and all who wear foreign styles of clothing.[b]

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  1. Zephaniah 1:8 tn Or “officials” (NRSV, TEV); NLT “leaders.”
  2. Zephaniah 1:8 sn The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing, revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs.