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# But they were terrified
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"Then they were very afraid"
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# the two kings
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"two kings, Joram and Ahaziah"
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# could not stand before Jehu
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Here "stand" means to be able to endure under trouble. Alternate translation: "could not endure against Jehu" or "could not resist Jehu"
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# So how can we stand?
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The descendants use the rhetorical question to imply that they cannot stand against Jehu. Alternate translation: "We cannot stand against him either!" or "We cannot resist him either!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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