Verse 2 Kings 10:12. _THE SHEARING HOUSE_] Probably the place where the shepherds met for the annual sheep shearing....
THE SHEARING-HOUSE - literally, as in margin. Perhaps already a proper name, Beth-eked, identical with the Beth-akad of Jerome, which is described as between Jezreel and Samaria; but not yet identifie...
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
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...
On his way to Samaria Jehu slays the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judah. He takes Jehonadab to be the witness of his zeal for Jehovah (Not in Chronicles) 12. _And he arose and departed, and came_[R.V....
B. THE MASSACRE OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JUDAH 10:12-14 TRANSLATION (12) And he arose, departed, and came to Samaria. When he was at Beth-eked in the way, (13) Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah king of J...
10:12 meeting-place (d-18) Or 'Beth-Eked.'...
JEHU'S EXTERMINATION OF BAAL WORSHIP 1. Ahab.. sons] These were probably his grandchildren rather than his children. UNTO THE RULERS OF JEZREEL] LXX has 'unto the rulers of Samaria,' which the sense...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 10 THE DEATHS OF 70 *DESCENDANTS OF AHAB V1 There were 70 *descendants of Ahab’s family who lived in Samaria. Jehu wr...
AND HE AROSE... AND CAME. — So the Syriac, rightly. The common Hebrew text has, “And he arose and came and departed.” AND AS HE WAS AT THE SHEARING HOUSE IN THE WAY. — Rather, _He was at Beth-eqed-har...
וַ יָּ֨קָם֙ וַ יָּבֹ֔א וַ יֵּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמְרֹ֑ון
JEHU ESTABLISHED ON THE THRONE 2 Kings 10:1 B.C. 842-814 "The devil can quote Scripture for his purpose." - SHAKESPEARE. BUT the work of Jehu was not yet over. He was established at Jezreel: he wa...
FRESH MURDERS-THE EXTIRPATION OF BAALWORSHIP 2 Kings 10:12 B.C. 842 " _ Jehu, sur les hauts lieux, enfin osant offrir_ Un temeraire encens que Dieu ne peut souffrir, N'a pour servir sa cause et v...
WIPING OUT BAAL-WORSHIP 2 Kings 10:12 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. T...
Here begins the second section of the Book, that which deals with the rapid and fearful corruption of the whole nation. The story alternates between Israel and Judah, and both sections of the nation s...
_Cabin. Hebrew Beth-heked, (Haydock) a term which the Septuagint do not translate. It means, "house of tying," as the sheep were tied to be shorn. (Menochius) --- Eusebius places it in the great plain...
As these were of the family of Ahab, no doubt they were partakers of his idolatry, and justly therefore involved in the punishment....
But of this dreadful work all was not over, for Ahab had seventy sons (2 Kings 10:1-36). It seemed utterly beyond the scope of man's thought that such a family could fall seventy sons. Ahab had sevent...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9 AND 10. In chapter 9 the judgment on Ahab's house commences. He who executes it does not remove, in so doing, the rod which God had lifted up against Israel...
Ver. 12 AND HE AROSE AND DEPARTED, AND CAME TO SAMARIA,.... To make a clear riddance there of all that belonged to Ahab, as at Jezreel, and abolish idolatry there: AND AS HE WAS AT THE SHEARING HOUSE...
_And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. [And] as he [was] at the shearing house in the way,_ Ver. 12. _And as he was at the shearing house._] Or, Slaughter house. Heb., _Bethhekedi_ of the s...
_And he arose, and came to Samaria_ Having finished his work in Jezreel, he went to prosecute it in the chief city of his kingdom, which most needed reformation. _Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah_ Not...
1 Iehu by his letters causeth seuentie of Ahabs children to be beheaded. 8 He excuseth the facte by the prophecie of Elijah. 12 At the shearing house he slayeth two and fourtie of Ahaziahs brethren....
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria, where he no longer feared any opposition. AND AS HE WAS AT THE SHEARING-HOUSE IN THE WAY, probably a place of assembly for the shepherds of the entire d...
THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...
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 choos...
SHEARING HOUSE: _ Heb._ house of shepherds binding sheep...
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 des...
Where they used to shear sheep, and then to feast, after their manner, 1 SAMUEL 25:36 2 SAMUEL 13:23. Or this may be the name of a place, _Beth-hekel of the shepherds_; or, _Beth-heked-rohim_....
2 Kings 10:12 arose H6965 (H8799) departed H935 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) Samaria H8111 way H1870 Beth...
THE CONTINUING PURGE OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB (2 KINGS 10:9). Had Jehu stopped there no blame would have been laid at his door. All would have recognised that he had done what was inevitable. But as can s...
CONTENTS: Judgment on house of Ahab. Princes of Judah slain. Baal worship put out. Jehu's reign and death. CHARACTERS: God, Jehu, Jehonadab, Hazael. CONCLUSION: God is not the author of any man's si...
2 Kings 10:1. _Seventy sons,_ whose end was destruction, like the sons of Gideon, of Saul, and of David. The sure way to build up a house is equity, not polygamy. _Jehu wrote letters._ God gave him a...
_Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria._ JEHU Jehu. He did not rest until he had destroyed the house of Ahab and the worship of Baal. There are many Jehus to-day and there is much Jehuism: religion...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:12 His work in Jezreel complete, Jehu leaves for Samaria. On the way, he encounters some RELATIVES OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH. The Judean royal family keeps being drawn into J...
THE FALL OF BAAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 10:1. SEVENTY SONS—_i.e., descendants_, sons grandsons, &c. THE RULERS OF JEZREEL—“Jezreel” has no authoritative place in the text. The LXX....
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 tra
Now Ahab who was the husband of this wicked woman Jezebel, who himself was extremely wicked, had seventy sons. Evidently Jezebel wasn't his only wife. Now these sons had grown up in Samaria and in Jez...
2 Kings 10:12...