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.