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Verse 2 Kings 10:25. _AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING_] Had
Jehu been a man of any conscientious principle in religion, he would
have finished the tragedy before he offered the _burnt-offeri...
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AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING - The actual sacrificers
were no doubt the priests of Baal; but Jehu is considered to have made
the offering, since he furnished the victims. Compare 1 Kings...
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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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THE CITY. Hebrew. _'lr,_ the innermost or most inaccessible part,
whether of. city (= the citadel) or. house (as here)....
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_as soon as he had made an end of offering_ That is, when the priests
had completed the offering. We are not to suppose that Jehu himself
acted as priest on the occasion, only as he had been the convo...
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AND THE CAPTAINS CAST THEM OUT— _And the captains were dismissed._
Houbigant.
REFLECTIONS.—Jehu with indefatigable diligence pursues his blow; and
as he drives to Samaria,
1. He meets Jehonadab the s...
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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 WENT, AND JEHONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB, INTO THE HOUSE OF
BAAL, AND SAID UNTO THE WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL, SEARCH, AND LOOK THAT
THERE BE HERE WITH YOU NONE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, BUT THE
W...
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10:25 city (c-58) Others, 'buildings' or 'citadel' of Baal....
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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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AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END. — The Syriac has, _when they_
(_i.e._, the Baal priests) _had made an end_. This is probably right.
(Comp. the beginning of 2 Kings 10:24). We can hardly suppose with
Ew...
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וַ יְהִ֞י כְּ כַלֹּתֹ֣ו ׀ לַ עֲשֹׂ֣ות
הָ
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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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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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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go
in, [and] slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them wit...
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_Soldiers. Hebrew, "runners, (or foot-guards, 3 Kings i. 5,) and chief
officers," Exodus xiv. 7. --- Out. Hebrew, "cast out" their carcasses,
or "rushed out (themselves) into the city," which was styl...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, AS SOON AS HE HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING THE
BURNT OFFERING,.... The chief of the priests of Baal, whose office it
was to do this service:
THAT JEHU SAID TO THE GUARD, AND TO TH...
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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go
in, [and] slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them wit...
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_When they went in to offer sacrifices_ When some went to the altar to
offer in the name of the rest. _Jehu appointed fourscore men without_
Far more being, doubtless, in readiness to assist them in 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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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, when the preparations for the customary sacrifices
were completed, THAT JEHU SAID TO THE GUARD AND TO THE CAPTAINS, G...
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The Baal-Worship Discontinued....
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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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EDGE:
_ Heb._ the mouth...
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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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AS SOON AS HE, i.e. the chief priest of Baal: see 2 CHRONICLES 23:17.
MADE AN END OF OFFERING THE BURNT-OFFERINGS; so far he suffered them
to proceed; either because till then they were not all come i...
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2 Kings 10:25 end H3615 (H8763) offering H6213 (H8800) offering H5930
Jehu H3058 said H559 (H8799) guard...
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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 10:18 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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Deuteronomy 13:6; Exodus 32:27; Ezekiel 22:21; Ezekiel 22:22;...
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City — To some buildings belonging to this house of Baal, which may
be here called the city; because they were very numerous and
capacious. For as there were divers chambers and rooms built without
th...