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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
THE SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. Some codices read "all the sins"....
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_with all his heart_ He only went partially on the right way, and
probably personal ambition had much to do with his zeal against Baal.
With the calves it was another matter. They formed, as it were,...
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DISCOURSE: 373
THE CHARACTER OF JEHU
2 Kings 10:30. And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done
well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto
the house of Ahab accordi...
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BUT JEHU TOOK NO HEED, &C.— Jehu indeed made great ostentation of
his _zeal for the Lord;_ and it must be acknowledged, that for his
performance of the divine commands in this respect, he received
com...
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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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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JEHU, BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE WELL IN EXECUTING
THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN MINE EYES, AND HAST DONE UNTO THE HOUSE OF AHAB
ACCORDING TO ALL THAT WAS IN MINE HEART, THY CHILDREN OF T...
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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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JEHU TOOK NO HEED.. HEART] Jehu was a worshipper of the LORD
(Jehovah), and, in his violent extirpation of the house of Ahab, was
doubtless actuated by religious zeal as well as by motives of
ambition...
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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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BUT JEHU TOOK NO HEED. — Or, _Now Jehu had not been careful_. This
verse, rather than the next, begins a new paragraph.
TO WALK IN THE LAW — _i.e._, the Mosaic law, which forbids the use
of images, s...
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(29-36) Jehu’s reign and death....
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וְ יֵה֗וּא לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ר לָ לֶ֛כֶת בְּ
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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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Jehu had done right in God's eyes in destroying the idols, and his
reward was suited to it in temporal mercies to him and his children to
the fourth generation. Here is nothing said in all this of any...
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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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_JEHU THE HEEDLESS—A CHARACTER STUDY_
‘Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with
all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which
made Israel to sin.’
2...
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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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BUT JEHU TOOK NO HEED TO WALK IN THE LAW OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL
WITH ALL HIS HEART,.... As to his moral conversation, he was not
careful that it was according to the law of God, and what he did
agr...
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But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel
with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,
which made Israel to sin.
Ver. 31. _With all his heart._] He had...
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_But Jehu took no care to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel_
He abolished the worship of Baal, but did not keep up the worship of
God, nor walk in his law. He showed great zeal and care for th...
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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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But Jehu took no heed to walk in the Law of the Lord God of Israel
with all his heart; his zeal for the Lord had not been an expression
of unmixed devotion, but had largely been influenced by his own...
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THE REIGN OF JEHU...
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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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TOOK NO HEED:
_ Heb._ observed not...
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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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WITH ALL HIS HEART: His obedience wanted three necessary properties,
care or heedfulness, universality, and sincerity. HE DEPARTED NOT FROM
THE SINS OF JEROBOAM; his resolved continuance in one single...
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2 Kings 10:31 Jehu H3058 heed H8104 (H8804) walk H3212 (H8800) law
H8451 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel...
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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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2 Kings 10:16 , 2 KINGS 10:31
Jehu is not in any sense an interesting person. He was an energetic
and bold man, prompt in action, determined and thorough-going,
unfeeling and unscrupulous, well fitted...
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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 took no heed to walk in law of the Lord._
RUIN WROUGHT BY NEGLECT
I remember once seeing a bit of an old Roman road; the lava blocks
were there, but for want of care, here a young sapling had g...
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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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1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Ki
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Took no heed — Sin, clearly shewed that his heart was not right with
God....