And Jehu slept with his fathers ,.... Died as they did: and they buried him in Samaria ; where Omri and Ahab, his predecessors, were buried, 1 Kings 16:28 . and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead ; who reigned seventeen years, 2 Kings 13:1 . read more
THE REIGN OF JEHU OVER ISRAEL . read more
The reign of Jehu. Under this head we note— I. JEHU 'S REWARD . 1. Four generations on the throne . Jehu had outwardly fulfilled the commission given him by God, and had wrought a great deliverance for Israel. This public service God acknowledged by the promise that his sons should sit upon the throne to the fourth generation. The service was outward, and the reward was outward. Approval of Jehu's deeds did not extend to approval of every detail in his conduct. The... read more
Jehu's wars, length of reign, and successor. read more
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. Twenty-eight years was a long reign for an Israelite king, only exceeded by one other king in the entire list, viz. Jeroboam II ; who is said in 2 Kings 14:23 to have reigned forty-one years. The kings of Judah were longer lived, read more
End of Jezebel’s Baalism in Israel (10:15-36)Jehu next put into operation a plan to rid Israel of all Jezebel’s Baal-worshipping followers. In this he had the cooperation of Jehonadab, a man who had led his people to give up the agricultural life (possibly because of its tendencies to Baal worship) and go back to the simple way of life followed by Abraham and the early Israelites (15-17; cf. Jeremiah 35:6-10). Through deceit and butchery, Jehu wiped out Jezebel’s Baal worshippers... read more
slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16 . read more
Jehu’s assessment 10:29-36God blessed Jehu for eliminating the line of Ahab and Baalism. However, Jehu did not go far enough. He allowed the cult of Jeroboam to continue. Furthermore he was not careful to obey the Mosaic Law with all his heart (2 Kings 10:31). Consequently, God cut his line off eventually, and Israel lost much Transjordanian territory to Hazael, king of Aram."Despite his cometlike beginning, spiritually speaking, Jehu was a falling star, so his reign is largely passed over in... read more
1. Jehu’s evil reign in Israel 9:30-10:36Since the writer did not record Jehu’s coronation, we should probably regard his reign as beginning when Joram died (2 Kings 9:24). Jehu began Israel’s fifth and longest royal dynasty. He and his descendants reigned 88 years (841-753 B.C.). He himself reigned 28 years (841-814 B.C.). His contemporaries in Judah were Queen Athaliah and King Joash."The usual formula to introduce a king is lacking in the case of Jehu because of the unique and violent nature... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 10:29-36
Here is all the account of the reign of Jehu, though it continued twenty-eight years. The progress of it answered not to the glory of its beginning. We have here, I. God's approbation of what Jehu had done. Many, it is probable, censured him as treacherous and barbarous?called him a rebel, a usurper, a murderer, and prognosticated ill concerning him, that a family thus raised would soon be ruined; but God said, Well done (2 Kgs. 10:30), and then it signified little who said otherwise. 1. God... read more