John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:27
And they broke down the temple of Baal ,.... Which some take to be Belus, others Saturn, others the sun, which seems most probable: and broke down the house of Baal ; his temple, demolished it: and made it a draught house until this day ; a common sewer, a jakes; a fit place for dunghill gods to be thrown into, and an idol temple to be turned into. 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