When. — Omit.
They went in. — The priests and prophets went into the inner court of the Baal temple, which probably resembled in general construction that of Jehovah at Jerusalem.
Sacrifices and burnt offerings — i.e., peace offerings and burnt offerings, which could only be offered in an open court.
Jehu appointed fourscore men without. — Rather, now Jehu had set him on the outside (of the building) fourscore men.
If any of the men... life of him. — Literally, The man that escapeth of the men whom I am bringing into your hands — his life for his life! This is a little incoherent, as is natural in energetic speech, but the sense is clear. Thenius, however, suggests that the verb “escapeth” should be pointed as a transitive form (pihel instead of niphal). This gives: “The man that letteth escape any of the men,” &c., an improvement that may be right, although the old versions agree with the present Hebrew pointing of the word.