Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
WEB
Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
YLT
And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,
DBT
Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC