Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Kings 10:5
The house — The chief governor of the kings palace. City — The chief magistrate or military governor.
The house — The chief governor of the kings palace. City — The chief magistrate or military governor.
Verse 2 Kings 10:5. _HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE, C._] Thus all the constituted authorities agreed to submit. _WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US_] They made no conditions, and stood pledged to commit...
The officer who had the charge of the place (1 Kings 4:6 note) and the governor of the town (1 Kings 22:26 note) seem to correspond to the “rulers” of 2 Kings 10:1....
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...
_And_he _that_was _over the house_ R.V. HOUSEHOLD. This was an official personage, the chief of the royal personal officers. So it appears from the enumeration in this verse that all the authorities y...
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:...
_AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE, AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY, THE ELDERS ALSO, AND THE BRINGERS UP OF THE CHILDREN, SENT TO JEHU, SAYING, WE ARE THY SERVANTS, AND WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US;...
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...
OVER THE HOUSE.. OVER THE CITY] These officials are also alluded to in 1 Kings 4:5 to 1 Kings 22:26; 2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 22:15....
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...
HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE. — The prefect of the palace, or _major-domo_. A similar official is mentioned on the Egyptian monuments. His position and influence would resemble that of the great chamber...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח אֲשֶׁר ־עַל ־הַ בַּ֣יִת וַ
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...
AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE,.... The king's palace in Samaria, who had the custody, care, and government of it: AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY; the commander and governor of it, that had the highes...
And he that [was] over the house, and he that [was] over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up [of the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We [are] thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt...
_He that was over the house_ The chief governor of the king's palace. _He that was over the city_ The chief magistrate, or military governor. _We will do all that thou shalt bid us_ They propose no co...
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....
THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...
And he that was over the house, the prefect of the royal palace, AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY, the captain of the garrison, THE ELDERS ALSO, the magistrates, AND THE BRINGERS UP OF THE CHILDREN, all...
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...
HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE; the chief governor of the king's palace or castle there. HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY; the chief magistrate or military governor. WE WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US; they m...
2 Kings 10:5 house H1004 city H5892 elders H2205 reared H539 (H8802) sent H7971 (H8799) Jehu H3058 saying...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:5 HE WHO WAS OVER THE PALACE... HE WHO WAS OVER THE CITY. These are the “rulers of the city” mentioned in v. 2 Kings 10:1. The joint reply of these
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...
1 Kings 20:32; 1 Kings 20:4; 2 Kings 18:14; Jeremiah 27:17; Jer