Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 10:27
Verse 27. Made it a draught house] A place for human excrement; so all the versions understand it. Nothing could be more degrading than this; he made it a public necessary.
Verse 27. Made it a draught house] A place for human excrement; so all the versions understand it. Nothing could be more degrading than this; he made it a public necessary.
AND THEY BRAKE DOWN THE IMAGE OF BAAL - The other images, it appears, were not images of Baal, but of inferior deities. The image of Baal, which was “broken down,” and not burned, would seem to have b...
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...
DRAUGHT HOUSE. dunghill, middens, _latrince._...
_they brake down the image of Baal_ As the verb is the same as that used immediately afterwards for the breaking down of the house, we may be almost certain that this chief object of worship was of st...
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 JEHU WENT, AND JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB, INTO THE HOUSE OF BAAL, AND SAID UNTO THE WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL, SEARCH, AND LOOK THAT THERE BE HERE WITH YOU NONE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, BUT THE W...
10:27 column (d-6) Or 'images.' see ch. 3.2....
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 IMAGE OF BAAL. — Again the word is _pillar_, which in this case is the conical pillar of stone representing the Baal himself. The wooden pillars of 2 Kings 10:26 probably symbolised companion deit...
וַֽ יִּתְּצ֔וּ אֵ֖ת מַצְּבַ֣ת הַ בָּ֑עַל וַֽ
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...
JEHU'S OWN FAILURE 2 Kings 10:25 Jehu was earnest enough in uprooting all traces of Baal-worship, but he permitted the worship of the calves and was careless in the matter of personal religion, 2 Kin...
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...
_A jakes, or necessary [latrine]. (Haydock) --- See 1 Esdras vi. 11., and Daniel ii. 5._...
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 THEY BROKE DOWN THE TEMPLE OF BAAL,.... Which some take to be Belus, others Saturn, others the sun, which seems most probable: AND BROKE DOWN THE HOUSE OF BAAL; his temple, demolished it: AND MA...
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. Ver. 27. _And brake down the house of Baal._] So Theodosius pulled down the idol te...
_The images of the house of Baal_ A collection of different images. _The image of Baal_ The chief image, which they worshipped more than the rest. _And brake down the house of Baal_ As, no doubt, they...
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 they brake down the image of Baal, his own picture, which was probably of stone, AND BRAKE DOWN THE HOUSE OF BAAL, AND MADE IT A DRAUGHT-HOUSE UNTO THIS DAY, the turning of the temple into a publi...
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...
THE IMAGE OF BAAL; the chief image, which they worshipped more than the rest. BRAKE DOWN THE HOUSE OF BAAL; and the like they did with the rest of the houses of Baal in Israel; as may be gathered both...
2 Kings 10:27 down H5422 (H8799) pillar H4676 Baal H1168 down H5422 (H8799) temple H1004 Baal H1168 made...
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
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:27 DEMOLISHED THE PILLAR OF BAAL... THE HOUSE OF BAAL. See 1 Kings 16:32;...
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...
1 Kings 16:32; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:7; D
Draught — house — A sink or common shore....