Study it in the app“And it happened, when he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the captains, “Go in, strike them; let no one get out.” And they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the runners and the captains threw them out and went to the city of the house of Baal.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen he had finishedכְּכַלֹּתוֹofferingלַעֲשׂוֹתthe burnt offering,הָעֹלָהthat Jehuוַ יֵהוּאsaidיֹּאמֶרto the runnersלָרָצִיםand to the captains,וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁים“Go in,בֹּאוּstrike them;הַכּוּםlet noאַלoneאִישׁget out.”יֵצֵאAnd they struck themוַיַּכּוּםwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חָרֶבand the runnersוַ הָרָצִיםand the captainsוְהַשָּׁלִשִׁיםthrew them outיַּשְׁלִכוּand wentוַיֵּלְכוּtoעַדthe cityעִירof the houseבֵּיתof Baal.הַבָּעַל
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chalot” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asot” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearsJehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsrunner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “ratsim” appearsofficer
A high army commander.
Where else “shalishim” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “bou” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “haku” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears“The runners”: the king’s guard (1 Kings 14:27-28); the word means “those who run.” “The city of the house of Baal”: so the Hebrew says; it is not known for certain which part of the place it refers to.
24They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself outside eighty men and had said, “The man who lets escape any of the men whom I am bringing into your hands, his life will go for his life.”
25 · This verse (above)
26They brought out the standing stones of the house of Baal and burned it.
