Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 10:22
Vestments; sacred garments; such as were used by the priests and others of the Lord's ministry in God's worship; and from thence the devil borrowed this custom in his worship.
Vestments; sacred garments; such as were used by the priests and others of the Lord's ministry in God's worship; and from thence the devil borrowed this custom in his worship.
Verse 2 Kings 10:22. _HE SAID UNTO HIM THAT_ WAS _OVER THE VESTRY_] The word _vestry_ comes from _vestiarium_, and that from _vestes, garments_, from _vestio, I clothe_; and signifies properly the _p...
THE VESTRY - The sacred robes of the Baal priests seem to have been of linen, and were probably white. The vestry here mentioned may, probably, be the robe-chamber of the royal palace, from which the...
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...
_he said unto_him _that_was _over the vestry_ The vestry must have belonged to the house of Baal; we cannot suppose that the king's wardrobe-keeper had a stock of robes to supply such a multitude of w...
BRING FORTH VESTMENTS— It was the custom of almost all idolaters, to be very curious about the external pomp of their ceremonies, wherein, indeed, the chief part of their worship consisted. All the pr...
D. THE MASSACRE OF THE BAAL WORSHIPERS 10:18-27 TRANSLATION (18) And Jehu gathered all the people, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. (19) And now call all the p...
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIM THAT WAS OVER THE VESTRY, BRING FORTH VESTMENTS FOR ALL THE WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL. AND HE BROUGHT THEM FORTH VESTMENTS._ Bring forth vestments. The priests of Baal were clad, prob...
THE VESTRY] Part of the Temple where the 'changes of raiment,' usually worn on festal occasions, were stored....
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...
THE VESTRY. — The word (_meltâhâh_) occurs here only. The Targum has chests (_qumtrayy_â_ — i.e_., κάμπτραι, “caskets”; comp. Latin, _capsa_). The LXX. does not translate the word. The Syriac has, “An...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר לַֽ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל ־הַ מֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה
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...
_Wardrobe, of vestments used in the service of Baal. The worship chiefly consisted in such outward pomp. The priests were probably adorned like those at the pillars of Hercules, who were from the same...
Jehu, as the Lord's minister in the destruction of idols, is graciously upheld in this service. And, hence all the worshippers of Baal were blinded to their own destruction. But, Reader! do observe, f...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM THAT WAS OVER THE VESTRY,.... That had the care of the garments, in which the priests of Baal ministered: BRING FORTH VESTMENTS FOR ALL THE WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL; not for the pries...
_And he said unto him that [was] over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments._ Ver. 22. _Bring forth vestments._] See on 2 Kings 10:19...
_He said, Bring forth vestments_ Sacred garments, such as were used by the priests, and others of God's ministers in his service; whence idolaters borrowed the custom of using such garments in the wor...
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 said unto him that was over the vestry, the man in charge of the vestments of the Baal-worship, BRING FORTH VESTMENTS FOR ALL THE WORSHIPERS OF BAAL, to render them all the more conspicuous in...
The Baal-Worship Discontinued....
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...
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...
2 Kings 10:22 said H559 (H8799) wardrobe H4458 out H3318 (H8685) vestments H3830 worshipers H5647 (H8802) Baal...
THE SLAUGHTER OF ALL THE SPECIFIC WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL IN SAMARIA (2 KINGS 10:18). That Jehu went far beyond what YHWH had required comes out here. Not satisfied with a thorough purge in Samaria, Jehu...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:18 JEHU ASSEMBLED ALL THE PEOPLE. Jehu now gives his attention to Samaria, which had been the focal point for the Baal cult (see 1 Kings
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 10:19. BUT JEHU DID IT IN SUBTILTY—His subterfuge for the destruction of Baal’s priests and votaries must not be regarded as proof of Jehu’s attachment and loy...
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...
Exodus 28:2; Matthew 22:11; Matthew 22:12...