Verse 19
(19) Call unto me all the prophets of Baal.—Comp. the similar convocation of the prophets of the Baal and Asherah by the prophet Elijah, 1 Kings 18:19 seq.
His servants.—The same word as “worshippers,” infra.
To do.—Omit.
To Baal.—For the Baal.
But Jehu did it.—Or, Now Jehu had done it; a parenthesis.
In subtilty.—Or, in guile, treacherously. The word (‘oqbâh) occurs only here. It is connected with the proper name Jacob. (See Genesis 25:26; Hosea 12:4.) The LXX. renders literally, ἐν πτερνισμφ, “in heeling”—i.e., striking with the heel, tripping up.
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