John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:18
And Jehu gathered all the people together ,.... The people of Samaria, at least the principal of them: and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much ; which some understand as spoken ironically; but the words seem to be spoken with a design to deceive the idolatrous inhabitants of Samaria, making them to believe that he was hearty in the worship of Baal, and should show a greater respect to it, and more constantly attend it, than Ahab had done; and this... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 10:15-28
Jehu, pushing on his work, is here, I. Courting the friendship of a good man, Jehonadab the son of Rechab, 2 Kgs. 10:15, 16. This Jehonadab, though mortified to the world and meddling little with the business of it (as appears by his charge to his posterity, which they religiously observed 300 years after, not to drink wine nor dwell in cities, Jer. 35:6), yet, upon this occasion, went to meet Jehu, that he might encourage him in the work to which God had called him. The countenance of good... read more