2 Kings 10:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel— From the context some have thought, that the letters were sent to the rulers of Samaria; and this they think the more probable, as the LXX render it Samaria, and not Jezreel. Le Clerc conjectures, that the rulers of Jezreel, who had the care of Ahab's children, might have been fled with them to Samaria. In the Vulgate it is read, to the nobles, or chief men of the city; a reading which Houbigant follows, and thinks is confirmed by the 5th verse. See his note, and Pilkington's Remarks.

2 Kings 10:1

1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,