2 Kings 10:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salutee the children of the king and the children of the queen. ”

2 Kings 10:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The brethren of Ahaziah - Not the actual brothers of Ahaziah, who had all been slain by the Arabs before his accession to the throne 2 Chronicles 21:17 ; 2 Chronicles 22:1 ; but his nephews, th...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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 10:28-31 are from a Deuteronomist. The whole story is one of the most terrible in the OT, A...
2 Kings 10:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 quee...
2 Kings 10:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of...
2 Kings 10:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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...
2 Kings 10:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jehu met with. — Literally, And Jehu found. The brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah — i.e. , Ahaziah’s kinsmen . His brothers, in the strict sense of the word, were slain by a troop of Arabs,...
2 Kings 10:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JEHU ESTABLISHED ON THE THRONE 2 Kings 10:1-17 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 Jezre...
2 Kings 10:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Wiping out Baal-Worship 2 Kings 10:12-24 For the well-being of the race it is sometimes necessary to cut off evil-doers, lest they spread such a contagion of evil as to involve the whole body p...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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...
2 Kings 10:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As these were of the family of Ahab, no doubt they were partakers of his idolatry, and justly therefore involved in the punishment.
2 Kings 10:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah ,.... At the above place; these were the sons of his brethren, called his brethren, as Lot was called Abraham's brother, being his brother's son;...
2 Kings 10:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children o...
2 Kings 10:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he arose, and came to Samaria Having finished his work in Jezreel, he went to prosecute it in the chief city of his kingdom, which most needed reformation. Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah No...
2 Kings 10:13 - L. 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 c...
2 Kings 10:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death of Ahab's Sons; the Death of Ahaziah's Brethren. B. C. 884. 1 And Ahab had seventy...
2 Kings 10:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The brethren; not strictly so, for they were killed before this, 2 Chronicles 21:17 ; but his brethren's sons , as they are called, 2 Chronicles 22:8 , or others of his near kinsmen, such be...
2 Kings 10:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Continuing Purge Of The House Of Ahab ( 2 Kings 10:9-17 ). Had Jehu stopped there no blame would have been laid at his door. All would have recognised that he had done what was inevitable. But...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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 t...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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...
2 Kings 10:13 - 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: relig...
2 Kings 10:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 10:1-12 THE REIGN OF JEHU OVER ISRAEL . 2 Kings 10:1-12 The revolution initiated by the destruction of Joram and Jezebel is here traced through its secon...
2 Kings 10:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Relatives of Ahab Slain
2 Kings 10:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 21:17 ; 2 Chronicles 22:1-10 ; 2 Kings 8:24 ; 2 Kings 8:29 ; 2 Kings 9:21-27

2 Kings 10:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 10:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 10:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 10:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 10:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge