2 Kings 10:15

_AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE, HE LIGHTED ON JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB COMING TO MEET HIM: AND HE SALUTED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, IS THINE HEART RIGHT, AS MY HEART IS WITH THY HEART? AND JEHONADAB ANSWERED, IT IS. IF IT BE, GIVE ME THINE HAND. AND HE GAVE HIM HIS HAND; AND HE TOOK HIM UP TO HIM INTO THE CHARIOT._ Jehonadab the son of Rechab - (see the notes at 1 Chronicles 2:55.) A person who, from his piety and simple primitive manner of life (Jeremiah 35:1), was highly esteemed, and possessed great influence in the country. Jehu saw in a moment the advantage that his cause would gain from the friendship and countenance of this venerable man in the eyes of the people, and accordingly paid him the distinguished attention of inviting him to a seat in his chariot. Giv

15-28 Is thine heart right? This is a question we should often put to ourselves. I make a fair profession, have gained a reputation among men, but, is my heart right? Am I sincere with God? Jehonadab owned Jehu in the work, both of revenge and of reformation. An upright heart approves itself to God, and seeks no more than his acceptance; but if we aim at the applause of men, we are upon a false foundation. Whether Jehu looked any further we cannot judge. The law of God was express, that idolaters were to be put to death. Thus idolatry was abolished for the present out of Israel. May we desire that it be rooted out of our hearts....

Verse 2 Kings 10:15. _JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB_] For particulars concerning this man, his _ancestry_, and _posterity_, see the notes on Jeremiah 35. _IS THINE HEART RIGHT_] With me, in the prosecution of a reform in Israel; _as my heart_ is _with thy heart_ in the true religion of Jehovah, and the destruction of Baal? _IT IS._] I wish a reform in the religion of the country; I am his friend who shall endeavour to promote it. _GIVE ME THINE HAND._] This has been generally considered as exacting a _promise_ from Jehonadab; but does it mean any more than his taking him by the hand, to help him to step into his chariot, in which Jehu was then sitting? Jehonadab was doubtless a very honourable ma

Jehonadab (compare the margin) belonged to the tribe of the Kenites, one of the most ancient in Palestine Genesis 15:19. Their origin is unknown, but their habits were certainly those of Arahs. Owing to their connection with Moses (Numbers 24:21 note), they formed a friendship with the Israelites, accompanied them in their wanderings, and finally receivcd a location in the wilderness of Judah Judges 1:16. The character of this chief, Jonadab, is best seen in the rule which he established for his descendants Jeremiah 35:6 - a rule said to be still observed at the present day. It would seem that he sympathised strong

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 10:1 THE REIGN OF JEHU OVER ISRAEL. 2 KINGS 10:1 The revolution initiated by the destruction of Joram and Jezebel is here traced through its second and its third stages. The immediate question, after Joram's death, was—Would any member of his family rise up as a claimant of the throne, and dispute the succession with Jehu? Ahab had seventy male descendants, all of them resident in Samaria: would there be any one among their number bold enough to come forward and assert his hereditary fight? Jehu regarded this as the most pressing and imminent danger, wherefore his first step was to challenge such action, and either pr

AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE,.... From Betheked, or the shearing house: HE LIGHTED ON JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB COMING TO MEET HIM; a Kenite, a descendant of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, a wise and good man, as appears by the laws and rules he gave to his posterity, who continued to the times of Jeremiah, and were then observant of them, Jeremiah 35:6 this good man hearing of Jehu's coming to the throne, and of his destruction of the idolatrous family of Ahab, and of his zeal for the worship of God, and against idolatry, came forth from his tent to meet him, and congratulate him upon it: AND HE SALUTED HIM; Jonadab saluted Jehu, according to Abarbinel; or "blessed him" r, wished him all happiness in his kingdom, and success in the reformation of it; though most understand it of Jehu's saluting Jonadab, which seems best to agree with the fo

JEHONADAB Called Jonadab, (Jeremiah 35:6); (Jeremiah 35:8); (Jeremiah 35:10); (Jeremiah 35:14); (Jeremiah 35:16); (Jeremiah 35:18); (Jeremiah 35:19)....

2. JEHU'S JUDGMENTS, BAAL-WORSHIP DESTROYED, AND HIS DEATH CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The judgment upon the house of Ahab (2 Kings 10:1)_ 2. The relations of Ahaziah slain (2 Kings 10:12; 2 Chronicles 22:8) 3. Jehonadab spared (2 Kings 10:15) 4. The Baal worship destroyed (2 Kings 10:18) 5. Jehu's record (2 Kings 10:29) 6. Israel cut short ...

DESTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB AND OF THE BAAL WORSHIPPERS. The same source is continued, but 2 Kings 10:28 are from a Deuteronomist. The whole story is one of the most terrible in the OT, Ahab had a large family in Samaria. Jehu with a sort of rude chivalry invited the elders of the city to choose one of them as king, and to fight for the throne. But the cowardly rulers promised submission, and at Jehu's command sent the heads of the seventy sons to Jezreel in baskets (2 Kings 10:7). A further massacre of all Ahab's adherents at Jezreel followed, and of forty-two of the family of Ahaziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 10:13). Jehu next ...

JEHONADAB. He was. Kenite (1 Chronicles 2:55), descendants of the father-in-law of Moses (Numbers 10:29; Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11; 1 Samuel 15:6). See Jeremiah 35. AS. according as....