SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 22:38

22:38a And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed,

They washed ⌊the blood⌋ off the chariot at the pool of Samaria where the immoral women bathed.
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They washed/cleaned ⌊the king’s blood⌋ from the war cart/wagon at the pool of Samaria. It was a pool where prostitutes bathed.

22:38b and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

The dogs licked up his blood, just as the message of Yahweh had said.
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Then what Yahweh had said took place. Dogs licked up the blood of King Ahab.

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