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