2 Kings 10:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. ”

2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

see . be eyewitnesses of. zeal for the LORD. Not pure. See verses: 2 Kings 10:29-31 .
2 Kings 10:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 372 TRUE AND FALSE ZEAL 2 Kings 10:16 . Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. UNGODLY men, though they will not follow the example of the godly, are glad to have their sanctio...
2 Kings 10:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord - O thou ostentatious and murderous hypocrite! Thou have zeal...
2 Kings 10:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. He said, Come ... and see my zeal for the Lord. It was Jehu's policy, by extirpating the Baal id...
2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See. — Rather, look on at . My zeal for the Lord. — Jehu addresses Jehonadab as a notoriously staunch adherent of the old faith. They made him ride. — The Syriac, LXX., and Arabic read, “he...
2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Poor Jehu did not, it is plain, know the real motives of his heart when he said this; for the Holy Ghost tells us in 2 Kings 10:29 , that Jehu himself was an idolator. Reader! oh! that the blessed S...
2 Kings 10:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A GOOD LESSON FROM A BAD KING ‘See my zeal for the Lord.’ 2 Kings 10:16 I. The zeal of Jehu! How badly our own efforts after social or personal righteousness compare with it! —Put over agai...
2 Kings 10:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord of hosts ,.... In destroying idolaters and idolatry, with an intent to do which he was going to Samaria; this seems to savour very much of vai...
2 Kings 10:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. Ver. 16. Come with me, and see my zeal. ] It is good policy to join friendship with the religious: as...
2 Kings 10:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He lighted on Jehonadab A Kenite, ( 1 Chronicles 2:55 ,) and a man of singular prudence and piety, as appears from this history, and from Jeremiah 35:6 ; from him descended the race of the Rechabi...
2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Interview between Jehu and Jehonadab; the Worshippers of Baal Destroyed. B. C. 884. 15...
2 Kings 10:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My zeal for the Lord, i.e. for the vindication of his honour and quarrel, and for the execution of his commands. Do not believe my words, but mine actions, which thine eyes shall behold. They, i....
2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 Jehu, the founder of the fifth dynasty of the kings of Israel, interests us partly by his career and achievements, but much more by the problem of his character. His first achievemen...
2 Kings 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - 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 10:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Baal-Worship Discontinued.
2 Kings 10:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:10 ; 1 Kings 19:14 ; 1 Kings 19:17 ; 2 Kings 10:31 ; 2 Kings 9:7-9 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; Matthew 6:2 ; Matthew 6:5 ; Numbers 23:4 ; Numbers 24:13-16 ; Proverbs 27:2 ; Romans 10:2

2 Kings 10:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 10:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Kings 10:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 10:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 10:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 10:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge