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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

2 Kings 10:6-7

It is well worthy the Reader's observation, that those very elders of Samaria had been the same time-serving creatures at the command of Jezebel respecting the murder of Naboth, when she sent letters in Ahab's name to procure Naboth's death, And as the punishment of the house of Ahab, the murder of Naboth is again and again mentioned as among the causes; who but would wish to connect in the review of the whole the awful finger of God. See 1 Kings 21:1.

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See also 2 Kings 10:6-7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 10:6. _COME TO ME TO JEZREEL_] Therefore the letters were not written to Jezreel, but from Jezreel to Samaria....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The heads of rivals, pretenders, and other obnoxious persons are commonly struck off in the East, and conveyed to the chief ruler, in order that he may be positively certified that his enemies have ce...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MINE. for me. THE MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. PERSONS. Hebrew. _'ish._ MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a letter the second time_ Before he presents himself to them, he will let their alarm involve them more deeply than he is involved in the destruction of the royal family. _take ye the heads_ So Nica...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE YE THE HEADS, &C.— Besides the accomplishment of the divine decree, Jehu had a further design in requesting this cruel service of the rulers, and elders, and great men of the nation; namely, here...

  • 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

    _THEN HE WROTE A LETTER THE SECOND TIME TO THEM, SAYING, IF YE BE MINE, AND IF YE WILL HEARKEN UNTO MY VOICE, TAKE YE THE HEADS OF THE MEN YOUR MASTER'S SONS, AND COME TO ME TO JEZREEL BY TO MORROW TH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TAKE YE THE HEADS] By slaying the young princes the rulers and elders would be implicated in Jehu's treason and would therefore in self-defence have to support him....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE SECOND TIME. — Some MSS., the LXX., and the Arabic read “a second letter.” TAKE YE THE HEADS. — Jehu knew his men. The cool cynicism of his savage order is worthy of a Sulla or a Marius. THE HEAD...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּכְתֹּ֣ב אֲלֵיהֶם֩ סֵ֨פֶר ׀ שֵׁנִ֜ית לֵ...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, (c) take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to mo...

  • 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

    THEN HE WROTE A LETTER THE SECOND TIME TO THEM,.... Having gained his point by the former: SAYING, IF YE BE MINE, acknowledge yourselves my subjects and servants; AND IF YE WILL HEARKEN TO MY VOICE;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow...

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

    _He wrote a letter the second time_ Thus Jezebel is requited for her letter, directed in like manner to the elders of Naboth's city, whereby his life was wickedly taken away: and it is probable that s...

  • 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

    Then he, feeling it to be an important matter to be acknowledged by all the people as soon as possible, WROTE A LETTER THE SECOND TIME TO THEM, SAYING, IF YE BE MINE, if they had chosen, his part and...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MINE: _ Heb._ for me...

  • 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

    THEN HE WROTE A LETTER: thus Jezebel is requited for her letter directed in like manner to the elders of Naboth's city, whereby his life was wickedly taken away, 1 KINGS 21:8. And it is probable that...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 10:6 wrote H3789 (H8799) second H8145 letter H5612 saying H559 (H8800) obey H8085 (H8802) voice...

  • 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 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 21:8; 2 Kings 9:32; Deuteronomy 5:9; Isaiah 14:21; Isaiah 1

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