2 Kings 10

2 Kings 10:1

sons. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for grandsons and greatgrandsons.

unto. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and unto”.

rulers = elders.

of Jezreel. Doubtless they had fled to Samaria, being in great fear (2 Kings 10:4) from what Jehu had done in Jezreel.

2 Kings 10:6

mine = for me.

the men. Hebrew. ’enosh. App-14.

persons. Hebrew. ’ish.

men. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

2 Kings 10:7

baskets = the baskets. Hebrew. dud, for carrying fruit. Still used for this purpose. Not sal (bread-basket), which Gideon (Judges 6:19), and Pharaoh’s baker (Genesis 40:17) used.

2 Kings 10:9

Ye be righteous. Said by way of flattery and to allay disaffection.

2 Kings 10:10

the word of the 10RD = the word of Jehovah. Compare 1 Kings 21:19-29.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

by = by the hand of.

2 Kings 10:11

kinsfolks = acquaintance.

2 Kings 10:13

brethren. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part) for near relatives. Compare 2 Chronicles 22:8, where we have “sons of the brethren”.

children = sons.

the king = Joram.

the queen = Jezebel, the queen-mother.

2 Kings 10:15

Jehonadab. He was a Kenite (1 Chronicles 2:55), descendants of the father-in-law of Moses (Numbers 10:29. Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11. 1 Samuel 15:6). See Jeremiah 35.

as = according as.

2 Kings 10:16

see = be eyewitnesses of.

zeal for the LORD. Not pure. See verses: 2 Kings 10:29-31.

2 Kings 10:19

worshippers = servants.

2 Kings 10:20

Proclaim = Sanctify, Hallow, or Solemnise.

2 Kings 10:21

full, &c. = so full [that they stood] mouth to mouth. Ellipsis to be thus supplied, as in Authorized Version margin.

2 Kings 10:24

offer = prepare. See App-43.

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh.

2 Kings 10:25

the city = Hebrew. ’lr, the innermost or most inaccessible part, whether of a city (= the citadel) or a house (as here).

2 Kings 10:26

images, or statues.

them = each of them.

2 Kings 10:27

draught house = dunghill, middens, latrince.

2 Kings 10:29

made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.

to wit = namely.

in Dan. See 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 12:30, and compare Genesis 49:17.

2 Kings 10:30

fourth generation. See 2 Kings 15:12. These were Jehoahaz, Joash, Jeroboam II, and Zachariah. Jehu’s dynasty was the longest in all Israel.

2 Kings 10:31

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

the sins. Hebrew. chata’. App-44. Some codices read “all the sins”.

2 Kings 10:32

to cut Israel short: or, to cut off the outskirts, or make inroads into.

coasts = borders.

2 Kings 10:33

eastward = toward the sun-rising.

2 Kings 10:34

the rest. An Assyrian inscription (now in the British Museum) records that Jehu paid tribute to Shalmaneser II, who in 842 B.C. defeated Hazael, king of Syria. Jehu bought Shalmaneser II off by giving him, as tribute, bars of silver and gold; a golden ladle and golden goblets and pitchers were among his gifts.

are they not. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

2 Kings 10:35

slept with his fathers. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.