2 Kings 10:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. ”

2 Kings 10:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though we cannot ascribe to Jehu a spirit of true piety (see 2 Kings 10:29 ), we can well enough understand how the soldier, trained in the Syrian wars, revolted against the unmanly and voluptuous...
2 Kings 10:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served (h) Baal a little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much. (h) Here Baal is taken for Ashtaroth the idol of the Zidonians, who Jez...
2 Kings 10:18 - 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 10:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. Ahab served Baal a little - Jehu had determined to have no worship in Israel...
2 Kings 10:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. No JFB commentary on the...
2 Kings 10:18 - 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 10:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. — Ahab had, as the people well knew, served Baal more than a little; but the antithesis was not too strong for Jehu’s hidden meaning. He wa...
2 Kings 10:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FRESH MURDERS-THE EXTIRPATION OF BAALWORSHIP 2 Kings 10:12-28 B.C. 842 " Jehu, sur les hauts lieux, enfin osant offrir Un temeraire encens que Dieu ne peut souffrir, N'a pour servir sa ca...
2 Kings 10:18 - 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 10:18 - 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 10:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jehu, as the Lord's minister in the destruction of idols, is graciously upheld in this service. And, hence all the worshippers of Baal were blinded to their own destruction. But, Reader! do observe,...
2 Kings 10:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jehu gathered all the people together ,.... The people of Samaria, at least the principal of them: and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, [but] Jehu shall serve him much ; which some u...
2 Kings 10:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much. Ver. 18. But Jehu shall serve him much. ] This he spake, that he might th...
2 Kings 10:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jehu gathered all the people together By their representatives, their elders, or rulers, as was usual, to whom he imparts his mind, and who, being generally corrupt, and mere time-servers, and such...
2 Kings 10:18 - 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 10:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Interview between Jehu and Jehonadab; the Worshippers of Baal Destroyed. B. C. 884. 15...
2 Kings 10:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jehu gathered all the people together; by their representatives, their elders or rulers, as was usual; to whom he imparts his mind; and they being generally corrupt, and timeservers, and such as ha...
2 Kings 10:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Slaughter Of All The Specific Worshippers of Baal In Samaria ( 2 Kings 10:18-28 ). That Jehu went far beyond what YHWH had required comes out here. Not satisfied with a thorough purge in Samar...
2 Kings 10:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 10:19 . But Jehu did it in subtilty —His subterfuge for the destruction of Baal’s priests and votaries must not be regarded as proof of Jehu’s attachment...
2 Kings 10:18 - 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 10:18 - 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 10:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Baal-Worship Discontinued.
2 Kings 10:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:31 ; 1 Kings 16:32 ; 1 Kings 18:19 ; 1 Kings 18:22 ; 1 Kings 18:40 ; 2 Kings 3:2 ; Job 13:7 ; Philippians 4:8 ; Romans 3:8
2 Kings 10:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jehu said — The words being manifestly false, and spoken with a design to deceive, cannot be excused, this being an unmovable principle, That we must not do the least evil, that the greatest good m...

2 Kings 10:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 10:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 10:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 10:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes