2 Kings 10:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. ”

2 Kings 10:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The vestry - The sacred robes of the Baal priests seem to have been of linen, and were probably white. The vestry here mentioned may, probably, be the robe-chamber of the royal palace, from which...
2 Kings 10:22 - 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 10:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. He said unto him that was over the vestry - The word vestr...
2 Kings 10:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bring forth vestments— It was the custom of almost all idolaters, to be very curious about the external pomp of their ceremonies, wherein, indeed, the chief part of their worship consisted. All the...
2 Kings 10:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. Bring forth vestments. The priests of Baal were clad...
2 Kings 10:22 - 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 10:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The vestry. — The word ( meltâhâh ) occurs here only. The Targum has chests ( qumtrayy â — i.e ., κάμπτραι, “caskets”; comp. Latin, capsa ). The LXX. does not translate the word. The Syriac has,...
2 Kings 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto him that was over the vestry ,.... That had the care of the garments, in which the priests of Baal ministered: bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal ; not for the...
2 Kings 10:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto him that [was] over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. Ver. 22. Bring forth vestments. ] See on 2 Kings 10:...
2 Kings 10:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He said, Bring forth vestments Sacred garments, such as were used by the priests, and others of God's ministers in his service; whence idolaters borrowed the custom of using such garments in the wo...
2 Kings 10:22 - 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 10:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Interview between Jehu and Jehonadab; the Worshippers of Baal Destroyed. B. C. 884. 15...
2 Kings 10:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Vestments; sacred garments; such as were used by the priests and others of the Lord's ministry in God's worship; and from thence the devil borrowed this custom in his worship.
2 Kings 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - 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 10:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Baal-Worship Discontinued.
2 Kings 10:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 28:2 ; Matthew 22:11 ; Matthew 22:12

2 Kings 10:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 10:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 10:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge