2 Kings 10:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The Lord said unto Jehu; by some prophet, as above, 2 Kings 9:7. Executing that which is right in mine eyes, i.e. in part, and so far as is here expressed, these actions were good and right, though his heart was not so. Thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel; and so they did; namely, Jehoahaz, below, 2 Kings 10:35; Joash, 2 Kings 13:10 Jeroboam, 2 Kings 14:24; and Zachariah, 2 Kings 5:8.

2 Kings 10:30

30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.