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Verse 2 Kings 10:2. _A FENCED CITY ALSO_] All here seems to refer to
Samaria alone; in it were the magazines and implements of war, c. No
reader need be told that these letters were all _ironical_. It...
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A FENCED CITY - Or, “fenced cities.” If Samaria had refused to
acknowledge Jehu, many other Israelite towns would have been sure to
follow the example....
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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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_Now_[R.V. AND NOW] _as soon as this letter cometh to you_ Only an
extract from the letter is here given, which the Hebrew correctly
represents, and which R.V. has shewn by its translation. See a simi...
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III. THE AFTERMATH OF THE _COUP_ 10:1-27
In chapter 10 the historian discusses some of the consequences of the
revolution of 841 B.C. He discusses the bloody massacre of the house
of Omri (2 Kings 10:...
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_NOW AS SOON AS THIS LETTER COMETH TO YOU, SEEING YOUR MASTER'S SONS
ARE WITH YOU, AND THERE ARE WITH YOU CHARIOTS AND HORSES, A FENCED
CITY ALSO, AND ARMOUR;_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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NOW AS SOON AS THIS LETTER COMETH. — _Rather, And now when this
letter cometh_. Only the conclusion of the letter, containing the gist
of it, is reported here. (Comp. 2 Kings 5:6.)
SEEING YOUR MASTER’...
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה כְּ בֹ֨א הַ סֵּ֤פֶר הַ
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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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THE DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB
2 Kings 10:1
What an iconoclast was this Jehu! Before his strong hand the whole
structure of Baal-worship received its death-blow. And as we meet
Elijah's name in this c...
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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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Reader! do not fail to connect with this view of the slaughter of
Ahab's sons (or grandsons more likely) that solemn denunciation of God
in the second commandment. Exodus 20:5. And recollect also, tha...
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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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NOW AS SOON AS THIS LETTER COMETH TO YOU, SEEING YOUR MASTER'S SONS
ARE WITH YOU,.... Sons of Ahab, and some of Joram, and all either the
sons or grandsons of Ahab:
AND THERE ARE WITH YOU CHARIOTS AN...
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Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons
[are] with you, and [there are] with you chariots and horses, a fenced
city also, and armour;
Ver. 2. _Now as soon as this letter c...
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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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Now, as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons
are with you, all the princes of the royal blood being in Samaria at
that time, AND THERE ARE WITH YOU CHARIOTS AND HORSES, A FENCE...
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THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 10:2 letter H5612 comes H935 (H8800) masters H113 sons H1121
chariots H7393 horses H5483 fortified H4013 city
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THE INITIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE SEVENTY ‘SONS' OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB
(2 KINGS 10:1).
Very few kings of that time (if any) who replaced another dynasty with
their own, would have acted ant differently fr...
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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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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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2 Kings 5:6...