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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:5

He that was over the house. — The prefect of the palace, or major-domo. A similar official is mentioned on the Egyptian monuments. His position and influence would resemble that of the great chamberlain of the Byzantine court.

He that was over the city. — The prefect or governor of the city, called in 1 Kings 22:26 “the prince (sar) of the city.” These two are the “rulers” (sârîm) of 2 Kings 10:1.

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See also 2 Kings 10:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 10:5. _HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE, C._] Thus all the constituted authorities agreed to submit. _WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US_] They made no conditions, and stood pledged to commit...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The officer who had the charge of the place (1 Kings 4:6 note) and the governor of the town (1 Kings 22:26 note) seem to correspond to the “rulers” of 2 Kings 10:1....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And_he _that_was _over the house_ R.V. HOUSEHOLD. This was an official personage, the chief of the royal personal officers. So it appears from the enumeration in this verse that all the authorities y...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE, AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY, THE ELDERS ALSO, AND THE BRINGERS UP OF THE CHILDREN, SENT TO JEHU, SAYING, WE ARE THY SERVANTS, AND WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OVER THE HOUSE.. OVER THE CITY] These officials are also alluded to in 1 Kings 4:5 to 1 Kings 22:26; 2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 22:15....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח אֲשֶׁר ־עַל ־הַ בַּ֣יִת וַ

  • 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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We may learn wisdom from men of the world, for our Lord tells us, that the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. Oh! that we might learn from hence how vain...

  • 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 HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE,.... The king's palace in Samaria, who had the custody, care, and government of it: AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY; the commander and governor of it, that had the highes...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he that [was] over the house, and he that [was] over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up [of the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We [are] thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt...

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

    _He that was over the house_ The chief governor of the king's palace. _He that was over the city_ The chief magistrate, or military governor. _We will do all that thou shalt bid us_ They propose no co...

  • 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 he that was over the house, the prefect of the royal palace, AND HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY, the captain of the garrison, THE ELDERS ALSO, the magistrates, AND THE BRINGERS UP OF THE CHILDREN, all...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RELATIVES OF AHAB SLAIN...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE THAT WAS OVER THE HOUSE; the chief governor of the king's palace or castle there. HE THAT WAS OVER THE CITY; the chief magistrate or military governor. WE WILL DO ALL THAT THOU SHALT BID US; they m...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 10:5 house H1004 city H5892 elders H2205 reared H539 (H8802) sent H7971 (H8799) Jehu H3058 saying...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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

    _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 10:5 HE WHO WAS OVER THE PALACE... HE WHO WAS OVER THE CITY. These are the “rulers of the city” mentioned in v. 2 Kings 10:1. The joint reply of these

  • 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 Kings 20:32; 1 Kings 20:4; 2 Kings 18:14; Jeremiah 27:17; Jer

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The house — The chief governor of the kings palace. City — The chief magistrate or military governor....

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