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A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY - Jehu applies to his proposed gathering the sacred
name assigned in the Law to the chiefest festivals of Yahweh (see
Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35; Deuteronomy 16:8)....
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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
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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...
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PROCLAIM. Sanctify, Hallow, or Solemnise....
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_Proclaim_[R.V. SANCTIFY] _a solemn assembly_ The verb is not the same
which is correctly rendered -they proclaimed" in the next clause. It
is constantly rendered -Sanctify" elsewhere. Cf. Exodus 13:1...
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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...
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_AND JEHU SAID, PROCLAIM A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY FOR BAAL. AND THEY
PROCLAIMED IT._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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PROCLAIM A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. — Rather, _Sanctify a solemn meeting_
(Isaiah 1:13). Every person who wished to attend would have to
“sanctify,” or purify, himself in due form.
THEY PROCLAIMED — _i.e._,...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יֵה֗וּא קַדְּשׁ֧וּ
עֲצָרָ֛ה לַ †...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Proclaim. Literally, "sanctify (Hebrew) a prohibition" to work, or to
be absent, (Calmet) "and they proclaimed it. "_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND JEHU SAID, PROCLAIM A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY FOR BAAL,.... Such as with
the Jews was an holy convocation, when they were forbidden and
restrained from doing any work on that day; and such a day Jehu woul...
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_And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed [it]._
Ver. 20. _Proclaim a solemn assembly._] See on 2 Kings 10:18 ....
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_Jehu said, Proclaim_, &c. Hebrew, _sanctify._ Prepare yourselves and
all things necessary for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast,
which I intend to keep. _There was not a man left that came no...
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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....
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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...
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PROCLAIM:
_ Heb._ Sanctify...
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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...
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PROCLAIM, Heb. _sanctify_. Prepare yourselves and all things necessary
for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast, which I intend to keep....
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2 Kings 10:20 Jehu H3058 said H559 (H8799) Proclaim H6942 (H8761)
assembly H6116 Baal H1168 proclaimed H7121 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:20 SANCTIFY A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY. This
phrase is probably a Canaanite religious term.
⇐...
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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
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 21:12; Joel 1:14...