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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 10:1-36

2. Jehu’s Judgments, Baal-worship Destroyed, and His Death CHAPTER 10 1. The judgment upon the house of Ahab (2 Kings 10:1-11 ) 2. The relations of Ahaziah slain (2 Kings 10:12-14 ; 2 Chronicles 22:8 ) 3. Jehonadab spared (2 Kings 10:15-17 ) 4. The Baal worship destroyed (2 Kings 10:18-28 ) 5. Jehu’s record (2 Kings 10:29-31 ) 6. Israel cut short (2 Kings 10:32-33 ) 7. Jehu’s death (2 Kings 10:34-36 ) And now Jehu, the instrument, chosen for judgment, continued his judgment... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 10:1-36

AHAB'S SONS KILLED (vv.1-11) Ahab had 70 sons in Samaria and Jehu was purposed to put them to death also. He chose the method of demanding by letter that the rulers and elders of Israel should choose one of Ahab's son as king to fight against Jehu (vv.1-3). The rulers were terrified by this proposal, for they knew Jehu would easily defeat them. They decided therefore to be the servants of Jehu and sent word to him that they would not make anyone king, but would submit to his authority... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:1-28

THE OVER - ZEALOUS JEHU PRELIMINARY EVENTS (2 Kings 8:25-29 ) The last lesson should have spoken of the chronological difficulties in the history of the kings of this period. (Compare especially 8:16 with 1:17.) But all our space will permit is to say that all such difficulties are satisfactorily solved, without doing violence to the text, in “The Romance of Chronology,” by Anstey; who in turn quotes Dr. John Lightfoot, of the seventeenth Century, Beecher’s Dated Events of the Old... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 10:1-36

2 Kings 10:0 1. And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to [nourishers] them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2. Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city [fenced cities. There is a tone of mocking irony in Jehu's challenge to the nobles of Samaria, who were probably as luxurious and cowardly as in the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 10:12-14

As these were of the family of Ahab, no doubt they were partakers of his idolatry, and justly therefore involved in the punishment. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:13

Brethren. The Arabs had destroyed all his brothers by the same mother; (2 Paralipomenon xxii. 1.) but these were near relations, and they durst not deny the fact. (Menochius) --- In 2 Paralipomenon xxii. 8., they are styled princes of Juda, and sons of the brethren of Ochozias. Jehu must have used surprising diligence (Calmet) and secrecy (Haydock) to prevent the many important transactions and changes which had lately taken place from being known at Jerusalem, or even at Beth-heked, ver. 12.,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 10:1-14

1-14 In the most awful events, though attended by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God are to be noticed; and he never did nor can command any thing unjust or unreasonable. Jehu destroyed all that remained of the house of Ahab; all who had been partners in his wickedness. When we think upon the sufferings and miseries of mankind, when we look forward to the resurrection and last judgment, and think upon the vast number of the wicked waiting their awful sentence of everlasting... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 10:1-14

The Relatives of Ahab Slain v. 1. And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, all his male descendants. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, to the prefect of the royal palace, the captain of the city, and the magistrates, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, their educators, or tutors, saying, v. 2. Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, all the princes of the royal blood being in Samaria at... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Kings 10:1-36

THIRD EPOCHFROM THE ELEVATION OF JEHU TO THE THRONE UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL2 Kings 10-17FIRST SECTIONthe monarchy under jehu in israel and under athalia and joash in judah2 Kings 10-12A.—The Reign of Jehu2 Kings 10:1-361And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel [the city],1 to the elders, and to them that brought up [the guardians of] Ahab’s children, saying,2 2Now as soon as this letter cometh to you,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Kings 10:12-24

Wiping out Baal-Worship 2 Kings 10:12-24 For the well-being of the race it is sometimes necessary to cut off evil-doers, lest they spread such a contagion of evil as to involve the whole body politic. The actual brethren of Ahaziah were slain by the Arabians, 2 Chronicles 22:1 . Jehu’s work seems to have been complemented by an invasion of the Bedouins: the men mentioned here were probably, as the margin suggests, cousins or acquaintances. “Brethren” is a wide word, covering many degrees of... read more