2 KINGS 9:1 TO 2 KINGS 10:31. THE REVOLUTION AND OVERTHROW OF THE BAAL
WORSHIP. This spirited narrative is probably derived from the same
source as 1 Kings 20, 22; and, if we strike out the short Deuteronomic
portion (2 Kings 9:7), we cannot fail to notice the detachment of the
writer, who neither c... [ Continue Reading ]
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 choos... [ Continue Reading ]