“ And they brought forth the imagesi out of the house of Baal, and burned them. ”
The images - Or “pillars” of wood. The Phoenician pillar idols were mere columns, obelisks, or posts, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (compare 1 Kings 14:23 note).
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...
images, or statues. them . each of them.
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but t...
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...
The images. — Rather, the pillars ; which were of wood, and had a sacred significance. (Comp. Hosea 3:4 .) “In primitive times a pillar was the distinguishing mark of a holy place. Idolatrous pil...
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...
Jehu's Own Failure 2 Kings 10:25-36 Jehu was earnest enough in uprooting all traces of Baal-worship, but he permitted the worship of the calves and was careless in the matter of personal religi...
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 they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burnt them. Lesser images, the images of other deities, or what were placed as decorations of the temple.
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. Ver. 26. And they brought forth the images, and burned them. ] So they did here in King Edward VI's reign; and the same...
The images of the house of Baal A collection of different images. The image of Baal The chief image, which they worshipped more than the rest. And brake down the house of Baal As, no doubt, the...
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...
Heb. it , i.e. the collection of the images, or each of them.
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 14:23 ; 2 Kings 19:18 ; 2 Samuel 5:21