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The loss of the entire trans-Jordanic territory seems to be intended,
or at any rate its complete ruin and devastation (compare marginal
reference “y”). This was the home of the tribes of Reuben and G...
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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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EASTWARD. toward the sun-rising....
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_Gilead_ This country lay between Bashan on the north, and Moab and
Ammon on the south. It was of a mountainous character, and was chosen
by the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh because it was so we...
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I. REIGN OF JEHU IN ISRAEL 10:28-36
TRANSLATION
(28) So Jehu destroyed Baal in Israel. (29) Only Jehu did not torn
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to sin, the
calves of gol...
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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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FROM JORDAN EASTWARD. — This verse defines the border land which
Hazael ravaged, and, in fact, occupied. It was the land east of the
Jordan, that is to say, all the land of Gilead, which was the
terri...
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(29-36) Jehu’s reign and death....
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מִן ־הַ יַּרְדֵּן֙ מִזְרַ֣ח הַ
שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ אֵ֚ת
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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...
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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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_Aroer. See Josue xiii. 25. This was a most severe scourge,
(Menochius) as all the eastern tribes were lost to Israel. (Haydock)_...
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Here begins the melancholy history of Israel, leading to the
Babylonish captivity. For though it was more than 300 years before
that event took place, yet Israel's glory from this time began to grow
d...
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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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FROM JORDAN EASTWARD,.... This was principally the coast on which
Hazael smote them, to the east of the land of Canaan:
ALL THE LAND OF GILEAD, THE GADITES, AND THE REUBENITES, AND THE
MOABITES; the...
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From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river
Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Ver. 33. _All the land of Gilead....
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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 REIGN OF JEHU...
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from Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river
Arnon, the river which formed the southern boundary, EVEN GILEAD AN...
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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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EASTWARD:
_ Heb._ toward the rising of the sun
EVEN GILEAD AND BASHAN:
Or, even to Gilead and Bashan...
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29-36 It is justly questionable whether Jehu acted from a good
principle, and whether he did not take some false steps in doing it;
yet no services done for God shall go unrewarded. But true conversi...
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From Jordan eastward, to wit, from the land of Canaan....
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A SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF JEHU (841-814/13 BC) AND OF HIS FAILURE TO
RESPOND TO YHWH'S COVENANT (2 KINGS 10:29).
While Jehu had certainly removed the worship of the Phoenician Baal
(Baal Melqart) from...
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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 10:32 THE LORD BEGAN TO CUT OFF PARTS OF
ISRAEL. 1 Kings 19:15 pointed to a time when God’s judgment woul
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 10:29. THE GOLDEN CALVES THAT WERE IN BETHEL—Political
reasons led to the origin of calf-worship (1 Kings 12:28), and
doubtless for political reasons Jehu con...
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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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Amos 1:3; Amos 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:12; Joshua 13:9; Numbers 32:33...