Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 10:11
Verse 2 Kings 10:11. Jehu slew all] So it appears that the great men who had so obsequiously taken off the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, fell also a sacrifice to the ambition of this incomparably bad man.
Verse 2 Kings 10:11. Jehu slew all] So it appears that the great men who had so obsequiously taken off the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, fell also a sacrifice to the ambition of this incomparably bad man.
SO JEHU SLEW - Rather, “And Jehu slew.” The reference is to fresh executions (compare 2 Kings 10:17). He proceeded on his bloody course, not merely destroying the remainder of the kindred of Ahab, but...
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...
KINSFOLKS. acquaintance....
_and his kinsfolks_ R.V. FAMILIAR FRIENDS. The word indicates those who were well known to him, [LXX. γνωστοὺς] and contains no notion of kinship. It is rendered, by A.V. -familiar friends" in Job 19:...
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:...
_KNOW NOW THAT THERE SHALL FALL UNTO THE EARTH NOTHING OF THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH THE LORD SPAKE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF AHAB: FOR THE LORD HATH DONE THAT WHICH HE SPAKE BY HIS SERVANT ELIJAH._ N...
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...
SO. — Rather, _And_. The verse relates further massacres. IN JEZREEL. — The seat of the court. HIS GREAT MEN — _i.e._, high officials of his court; persons who owed their exaltation to him. KINSFOL...
וַ יַּ֣ךְ יֵה֗וּא אֵ֣ת כָּל ־הַ נִּשְׁאָרִ֤ים
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...
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his (e) priests, until he left him none remaining. (e) Meaning, the idolatrous priests....
Chief men, probably including those perfidious wretches, who had so basely betrayed their trust, and slain the 70 sons of Achab, "the nobles of the kingdom, his kinsmen, and friends." (Chaldean; Arabi...
While we read in this account how Jehu waded through blood, I pray the reader to keep in view that he acted as the instrument of the Lord. The commission was from heaven. And when we take into the acc...
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...
SO JEHU SLEW ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB IN JEZREEL,.... Which to do, and to justify himself in so doing, was the design of what he said in the preceding verses: AND HIS GREAT MEN; his min...
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. Ver. 11. _So Jehu slew all._] Neither was...
_So Jehu slew all his great men_ Whom Ahab had advanced and made great in wealth, or honour and quality; who had been partners with him in his sins, and were likely to avenge Joram's death. _And his p...
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....
So Jehu, encouraged by his success up to this point, and feeling sure that the people would raise no objection, SLEW ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB IN JEZREEL AND ALL HIS GREAT MEN, all the mo...
THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...
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...
KINFOLKS: Or, acquaintance...
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 HIS GREAT MEN; whom he had advanced and made great in wealth, for honour, and quality; who had been partners with him in his sins, and who were likely to be avenged of his death. HIS PRIESTS; his...
2 Kings 10:11 Jehu H3058 killed H5221 (H8686) remained H7604 (H8737) house H1004 Ahab H256 Jezreel H3157 men...
THE CONTINUING PURGE OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB (2 KINGS 10:9). Had Jehu stopped there no blame would have been laid at his door. All would have recognised that he had done what was inevitable. But as can s...
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...
1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 18:19; 1
Left none — In that place and kingdom; for he did leave some of the royal seed of Judah....