Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judab, and said, Who are ye? And they, in total ignorance of what had happened at Jezreel, answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah, in this connection his cousins and other near relatives; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen, to pay their respects, to make a friendly visit at the court.
Verse 2 Kings 10:13. _THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH_] The relatives of his family; for it does not appear that he had any _brethren_, properly so called: but we know that the term brethren among the Jews s...
THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH - Not the actual brothers of Ahaziah, who had all been slain by the Arabs before his accession to the throne 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1; but his nephews, the sons of...
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...
BRETHREN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part) for near relatives. Compare 2 Chronicles 22:8, where we have "sons of the brethren". CHILDREN. sons. THE KING. Joram. THE QUEEN. Jezebel...
_the brethren of Ahaziah_ And so part of Ahab's kinsfolk, of whom Jehu was commissioned to leave none remaining. _the children of the king_ i.e. Of Joram. They manifestly knew nothing of what had hap...
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...
_JEHU MET WITH THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH, AND SAID, WHO ARE YE? AND THEY ANSWERED, WE ARE THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH; AND WE GO DOWN TO SALUTE THE CHILDREN OF THE KING AND THE CHILDREN OF THE...
10:13 queen. (a-40) See 1 Kings 15:13 ....
THE KING.. THE QUEEN] i.e. Joram and Jezebel (the term 'queen' denoting the queenmother)....
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...
JEHU MET WITH. — Literally, _And Jehu found._ THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH — _i.e._, Ahaziah’s _kinsmen_. His brothers, in the strict sense of the word, were slain by a troop of Arabs, in the...
וְ יֵה֗וּא מָצָא֙ אֶת ־אֲחֵי֙ אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ מֶ
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...
Brethren. The Arabs had destroyed all his brothers by the same mother; (2 Paralipomenon xxii. 1.) but these were near relations, and they durst not deny the fact. (Menochius) --- In 2 Paralipomenon xx...
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...
JEHU MET WITH THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH,.... At the above place; these were the sons of his brethren, called his brethren, as Lot was called Abraham's brother, being his brother's son; for...
_Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of...
_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....
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...
MET: _ Heb._ found TO SALUTE: _ Heb._ to the peace of etc....
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...
THE BRETHREN; not strictly so, for they were killed before this, 2 CHRONICLES 21:17; but his _brethren's sons_, as they are called, 2 CHRONICLES 22:8, or others of his near kinsmen, such being oft cal...
2 Kings 10:13 Jehu H3058 met H4672 (H8804) brothers H251 Ahaziah H274 king H4428 Judah H3063 said H559 ...
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 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Kings 8:24; 2 Kings 8:29;...
Were Ahaziah’s brothers slain or were they his brother’s sons? (See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:8) 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 14:7 —Why is Amaziah commended for abhorring Edomites when God said not to do s...