Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 10:14
Verse 2 Kings 10:14. The pit of the shearing house] Probably the place where they washed the sheep previously to shearing, or the fleeces after they were shorn off.
Verse 2 Kings 10:14. The pit of the shearing house] Probably the place where they washed the sheep previously to shearing, or the fleeces after they were shorn off.
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...
_Take them alive_ i.e. Make them prisoners. Perhaps for a moment he was uncertain what he should do with them, however being of Ahab's lineage they must share the fate of the rest of that house. _And...
B. THE MASSACRE OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JUDAH 10:12-14 TRANSLATION (12) And he arose, departed, and came to Samaria. When he was at Beth-eked in the way, (13) Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah king of J...
_AND HE SAID, TAKE THEM ALIVE. AND THEY TOOK THEM ALIVE, AND SLEW THEM AT THE PIT OF THE SHEARING HOUSE, EVEN TWO AND FORTY MEN; NEITHER LEFT HE ANY OF THEM._ Slew them at the pit of the shearing hou...
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 PIT] i.e. the tank or pool where the sheep were washed....
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...
TAKE THEM ALIVE. — Perhaps they made some show of resistance. Jehu slew them because of their connection with the doomed house of Ahab. Keil thinks he dreaded their conspiring with the partisans of th...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ תִּפְשׂ֣וּם חַיִּ֔ים וַֽ יִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּם...
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...
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...
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; (f) neither left he any of them. (f) Thus God's vengeance is on them...
_Alive. That they might not attempt to defend themselves, (Menochius) as they might hope that Jehu would, at least, spare their lives. (Haydock) --- Of them, as they were in some degree related to Ach...
As these were of the family of Ahab, no doubt they were partakers of his idolatry, and justly therefore involved in the punishment....
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, TAKE THEM ALIVE,.... Gave orders to his guards to seize them, and make them captives: AND THEY TOOK THEM ALIVE, AND SLEW THEM AT THE PIT OF THE SHEARING HOUSE; where they washed the shee...
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; neither left he any of them. Ver. 14. _And slew them at the pit._] Be...
_And he arose, and came to Samaria_ Having finished his work in Jezreel, he went to prosecute it in the chief city of his kingdom, which most needed reformation. _Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah_ Not...
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, to his companions, the members of his guard, TAKE THEM ALIVE. AND THEY TOOK THEM ALIVE, captured them in spite of any show of resistance, AND SLEW THEM AT THE PIT OF THE SHEARING-HOUSE, A...
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...
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...
THEY TOOK THEM ALIVE, AND SLEW THEM; partly in compliance with God's command, 2 KINGS 9:8, for these were of the house of Ahab by the mother's side, 2 KINGS 8:18; and partly that they might neither cl...
2 Kings 10:14 said H559 (H8799) Take H8610 (H8798) alive H2416 took H8610 (H8799) alive H2416 killed...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:12 His work in Jezreel complete, Jehu leaves for Samaria. On the way, he encounters some RELATIVES OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH. The Judean royal family keeps being drawn into J...
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 20:18; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 22:8; 2 Kings 10:10;...
Were Ahaziah’s brothers slain or were they his brother’s sons? (See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:8) 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 14:7 —Why is Amaziah commended for abhorring Edomites when God said not to do s...