2 Kings 10:7

1 Kings 21:21; 2 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 11:1; Judges 9:5-57; Matthew 14:8-11

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 10:7

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 wh...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

baskets . the baskets. Hebrew. dud, for carrying fruit. Still used for this purpose. Not sal (bread-basket), which Gideon ( Judges 6:19 ), and P...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and...
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 ]...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And slew. — Rather, butchered, or slaughtered. The way in which the writer speaks of this massacre — “they took the king’s sons, and butchered se...
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...
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 rece...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is well worthy the Reader's observation, that those very elders of Samaria had been the same time-serving creatures at the command of Jezebel resp...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them ,.... They did not in the least hesitate, but immediately complied with the contents of it: that...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons Having been wickedly obsequious to Jezebel's order for the murder of Naboth, now, by the same b...
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 le...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death of Ahab's Sons; the Death of Ahaziah's Brethren. B. C. 884....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Slew seventy persons: Jehu justly required this, because the sovereign and most righteous Lord of all men's lives commanded it; but the Samaritans...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Initial Destruction Of The Seventy ‘Sons' Of The House Of Ahab ( 2 Kings 10:1-8 ). Very few kings of that time (if any) who replaced another d...
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 Jezr...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Relatives of Ahab Slain
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sent them — Jehu justly required this, because the sovereign lord of all mens lives commanded it, but the Samaritans wickedly obeyed it, without an...

⁷ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 10:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 10:7