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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....
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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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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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THE PIT] i.e. the tank or pool where the sheep were washed....
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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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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...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ תִּפְשׂ֣וּם חַיִּ֔ים וַֽ
יִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּם...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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As these were of the family of Ahab, no doubt they were partakers of
his idolatry, and justly therefore involved in the punishment....
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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....
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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 20:18; 2 Chronicles 22:10; 2 Chronicles 22:8; 2 Kings 10:10;...
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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...