“ And Jehu said, Proclaimf a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. ”
A solemn assembly - Jehu applies to his proposed gathering the sacred name assigned in the Law to the chiefest festivals of Yahweh (see Leviticus 23:36 ; Numbers 29:35 ; Deuteronomy 16:8 ).
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...
Proclaim . Sanctify, Hallow, or Solemnise.
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it .
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
Proclaim a solemn assembly. — Rather, Sanctify a solemn meeting ( Isaiah 1:13 ). Every person who wished to attend would have to “sanctify,” or purify, himself in due form. They proclaimed —...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
And Jehu said, proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal ,.... Such as with the Jews was an holy convocation, when they were forbidden and restrained from doing any work on that day; and such a day Jehu w...
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [it]. Ver. 20. Proclaim a solemn assembly. ] See on 2 Kings 10:18 .
Jehu said, Proclaim , &c. Hebrew, sanctify. Prepare yourselves and all things necessary for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast, which I intend to keep. There was not a man left that ca...
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...
Interview between Jehu and Jehonadab; the Worshippers of Baal Destroyed. B. C. 884. 15...
Proclaim, Heb. sanctify . Prepare yourselves and all things necessary for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast, which I intend to keep.
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...
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 10:1 . 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...
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...
The Baal-Worship Discontinued.
1 Kings 18:19 ; 1 Kings 18:20 ; 1 Kings 21:12 ; Joel 1:14