2 Kings 10:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? ”

2 Kings 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye be righteous - i. e., “Ye are just, and can judge aright.” Jehu unfairly keeps back the fact that he had commanded the execution.
2 Kings 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye [be] (d) righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? (d) Y...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye be righteous. Said by way of flattery and to allay disaffection.
2 Kings 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? Ye be righ...
2 Kings 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? Said...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And stood. — Or, took his place — i.e. (according to Reuss), sat as judge in the palace gateway, according to royal custom, and gave audience to the people. The citizens would naturally be struc...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Doom of the House of Ahab 2 Kings 10:1-11 What an iconoclast was this Jehu! Before his strong hand the whole structure of Baal-worship received its death-blow. And as we meet Elijah's name...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we read in this account how Jehu waded through blood, I pray the reader to keep in view that he acted as the instrument of the Lord. The commission was from heaven. And when we take into the ac...
2 Kings 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people ,.... Who were gathered together to this shocking sight, or on the above accounts: ye be righteous ; hav...
2 Kings 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye [be] righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? Ver. 9....
2 Kings 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He said to all the people, Ye be righteous This is spoken ironically: as much as to say, You may look upon me as a very wicked man, for rebelling against my master and killing him: but look here; s...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death of Ahab's Sons; the Death of Ahaziah's Brethren. B. C. 884. 1 And Ahab had seventy...
2 Kings 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To all the people; either, first, To the promiscuous multitude met there to gaze upon this sad and strange spectacle. So the sense is, Be not ye troubled nor affrighted with these unusual and disma...
2 Kings 10:9 - 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 10:9 - 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 10:9 - 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 10:9 - 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 10:9 - 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 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Relatives of Ahab Slain
2 Kings 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:3 ; 2 Kings 9:14-24 ; Hosea 1:4 ; Isaiah 5:3

2 Kings 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 10:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 10:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 10:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 10:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge