Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
2 Kings 10:4
But they, noting the object of the letter, were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him, 2 Kings 9:24, how, then, shall we stand?
But they, noting the object of the letter, were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him, 2 Kings 9:24, how, then, shall we stand?
Verse 2 Kings 10:4. _TWO KINGS STOOD NOT BEFORE HIM_] That is Joram and Ahaziah....
TWO KINGS - literally, “the two kings,” i. e., Jehoram and Ahaziah 2 Kings 9:21....
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...
_Behold, two kings stood not before him_ Jehu's prompt action had prevented any details of what had been done from reaching Samaria. Perhaps had they known how the two kings had been taken by surprise...
III. THE AFTERMATH OF THE _COUP_ 10:1-27 In chapter 10 the historian discusses some of the consequences of the revolution of 841 B.C. He discusses the bloody massacre of the house of Omri (2 Kings 10:...
_NOW AS SOON AS THIS LETTER COMETH TO YOU, SEEING YOUR MASTER'S SONS ARE WITH YOU, AND THERE ARE WITH YOU CHARIOTS AND HORSES, A FENCED CITY ALSO, AND ARMOUR;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
TWO KINGS] Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah....
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...
BUT THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID. — Literally, _And they feared mightily, mightily._ (Comp. Genesis 7:19.) TWO KINGS. — Rather, _the two kings_. The word _kings_ is emphatic....
וַ יִּֽרְאוּ֙ מְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד וַ יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ הִ
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...
THE DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB 2 Kings 10:1 What an iconoclast was this Jehu! Before his strong hand the whole structure of Baal-worship received its death-blow. And as we meet Elijah's name in this c...
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...
We may learn wisdom from men of the world, for our Lord tells us, that the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. Oh! that we might learn from hence how vain...
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...
BUT THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID,.... They were intimidated at once; for they saw the purport of those letters, that should they attempt anything of this kind, he would come upon them with his forces:...
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? Ver. 4. _But they were exceedingly afraid._] Such was their pusillanimity and perfidy, tha...
_Behold, two kings stood not before him_ All the power and interest of two kings, either in Jezreel or in the army, could not prevent his executing his design, his killing them both, and invading the...
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...
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...
All their power and interest, either in Jezreel, or in the army before or in Ramoth-gilead, could not hinder him from executing his design from killing the two kings, and from invading one of their ki...
2 Kings 10:4 exceedingly H3966 H3966 afraid H3372 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) two H8147 kings H4428 stand...
THE INITIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE SEVENTY ‘SONS' OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB (2 KINGS 10:1). Very few kings of that time (if any) who replaced another dynasty with their own, would have acted ant differently fr...
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...
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 9:24; 2 Kings 9:27; Isaiah 27:4; Jeremiah 49:19; Luke 14:31;...