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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

2 Kings 10:15

Jehonadab the son of Rechab; a Kenite, 1 Chronicles 2:55, and a man of singular prudence and piety; as appears from this history, and from Jeremiah 35:6. Coming to meet him, to congratulate with him for the destruction of that wicked family, and to encourage and advise him to proceed in fulfilling the will of God revealed to him. He saluted him; Jehu saluted Jehonadab. Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? dost thou heartily approve of and affect me, and my present proceedings, as my heart doth as sincerely cleave to thee as thine own heart doth? Give me thine hand, as a sign of friendship and consent. See Galatians 2:9. These may be the words, either,

1. Of Jehu; and so here is an ellipsis, If it be, for And Jehu said, If it be. Compare 1 Kings 20:34. Or,

2. Of Jehonadab, who having said, It is, adds, If it be, i.e. if thine heart be with mine, as thou sayest it is, give me thine hand. But this the ellipsis is larger than the former. And it seems not so decent and proper for Jehonadab, a stranger and subject, to speak thus to the king, as for the king to say so to him.

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See also 2 Kings 10:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 10:15. _JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB_] For particulars concerning this man, his _ancestry_, and _posterity_, see the notes on Jeremiah 35. _IS THINE HEART RIGHT_] With me, in the prosec...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Jehonadab (compare the margin) belonged to the tribe of the Kenites, one of the most ancient in Palestine Genesis 15:19. Their origin is unknown, but their habits were certainly those of Arahs. Owing...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JEHONADAB. He was. Kenite (1 Chronicles 2:55), descendants of the father-in-law of Moses (Numbers 10:29; Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Jehonadab the son of Rechab_ We are told (1 Chronicles 2:55) that the house of Rechab belonged to the Kenites. The marriage of Moses to a Kenite wife (Judges 1:16) led to the Kenites going up with th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JEHONADAB, THE SON OF RECHAB— See the notes on Jeremiah 35 and Bedford's Script. Chronol. l. vi. c. 2. To _give the hand,_ signifies to _promise._ When, therefore, we are told, that Jehu asked Jehonad...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. JEHU AND JEHONADAB 10:15-17 TRANSLATION (15) And he departed from there, and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he blessed him, and said unto him, Is your heart right as my...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE, HE LIGHTED ON JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB COMING TO MEET HIM: AND HE SALUTED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, IS THINE HEART RIGHT, AS MY HEART IS WITH THY HEART? AND JEHONADAB...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    10:15 greeted (b-18) Lit. 'blessed.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB. — Comp. Jeremiah 35:6; and 1 Chronicles 2:55. Ewald supposes that the Rechabites were one of the new societies formed after the departure of Elijah for the active support...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ מִ שָּׁ֡ם וַ יִּמְצָ֣א אֶת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him: and he (g) saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart? And Jeh...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Jonadab, a holy personage, Jeremias xxxv. 6. The Rechabites were a sort of religious, descended from Jethro and the Cinites. (Calmet) --- They dwelt in the country, and fed sheep, &c., Numbers x. 29....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The honorable testimony the Holy Ghost hath given of this man in another part of sacred scripture, demands our attention. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of him in great commendation as the honored father...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WHEN HE WAS DEPARTED THENCE,.... From Betheked, or the shearing house: HE LIGHTED ON JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB COMING TO MEET HIM; a Kenite, a descendant of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart? And Jehonad...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He lighted on Jehonadab_ A Kenite, (1 Chronicles 2:55,) and a man of singular prudence and piety, as appears from this history, and from Jeremiah 35:6; from him descended the race of the Rechabites....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when he was departed thence, after the slaughter of the forty-two relatives of Ahaziah, HE LIGHTED ON JEHONADAB, THE SON OF RECHAB, COMING TO MEET HIM, Jeremiah 35:1, whether by accident or on pur...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Baal-Worship Discontinued....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    LIGHTED: _ Heb._ found SALUTED: _ Heb._ blessed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 10:15 departed H3212 (H8799) met H4672 (H8799) Jehonadab H3082 son H1121 Rechab H7394 meet H7125 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Kings 10:15 There is all the difference in the world between the ways in which the answer to this question is spoken; and there is only one way, only one meaning, in which it can be spoken honestly...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is thine heart right._ THE RIGHT STATE OF THE HEART For the sake of order I bring the subject before you under four general heads of discourse. If our hearts be right, they will be right. I. If th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 10:15 IS YOUR HEART TRUE TO MY HEART AS MINE IS TO YOURS? The chapter’s theme is “who is on the Lord’s side; who is in the right?” JEHONADAB, who is on the right side, reappear...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Chronicles 2:55; 2 Kings 10:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Rechab — A Kenite, 1 Chronicles 2:55, and a man of singular prudence and piety. Coming — To congratulate with him, for the destruction of that wicked family; and to encourage him to proceed in fulfill...

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