2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 Kings 10:7 they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them. This fulfills the word of the Lord in 2 Kings 9:7 and is similar to other situations in which entire groups of people are put to death (see note on 2 Sam. 21:3–6). Such drastic action against a royal household was not uncommon in the ancient world. The number seventy in such contexts may be a round number, or purely figurative, rather than an exact number.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising