2 Kings 10 - Study the King James Bible

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,

seventy sons: Judges 8:30, Judges 10:4, Judges 12:14
in Samaria: 2 Kings 5:3, 1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 16:28, 2 Chronicles 22:9
the rulers: Deuteronomy 16:18, 1 Kings 21:8-14
them: Heb. nourishers
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:21 - Behold 1 Kings 21:29 - in his son's days Ecclesiastes 6:3 - a man Jeremiah 29:25 - Because Galatians 4:1 - That

Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;

as soon: 2 Kings 5:6
Reciprocal: Galatians 4:1 - That

Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

Look even: Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Kings 12:20
fight for: 2 Samuel 2:12-17, 1 Kings 12:21, John 18:36
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:16 - master

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

Behold: 2 Kings 9:24, 2 Kings 9:27
how then shall: Isaiah 27:4, Jeremiah 49:19, Nahum 1:6, Luke 14:31
Reciprocal: Job 41:8 - General Luke 14:32 - and desireth

And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

We are thy servants: 2 Kings 18:14, Joshua 9:11, Joshua 9:24, Joshua 9:25, 1 Kings 20:4, 1 Kings 20:32, Jeremiah 27:7, Jeremiah 27:8, Jeremiah 27:17, John 12:26
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:8 - General 1 Samuel 23:20 - our part 1 Chronicles 12:18 - came upon Amasai Isaiah 22:15 - which Luke 14:32 - and desireth

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

1 Kings 21:8-11
If ye be mine: Heb. If ye be for me, 2 Kings 9:32, Matthew 12:30, Luke 9:50
take ye: Numbers 25:4
your master's sons: Deuteronomy 5:9, Joshua 7:24, Joshua 7:25, Job 21:19, Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 14:22, Revelation 2:20-23
which brought them up: "The rich," says Mr. Morier, "hire a dedeh, or wet nurse for their children. If a boy, the father appoints a steady man from the age of two years to be his laleh, who, I conjecture, must stand in the same capacity as the bringers up of children mentioned in the catastrophe of Ahab's sons. But if it be a daughter, she has a gees sefeed, or white head, attached to her for the same purpose as the laleh."
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:7 - took his head 2 Samuel 11:16 - he assigned 2 Samuel 14:30 - And Absalom's 1 Kings 19:17 - the sword of Jehu 1 Kings 21:11 - did as Jezebel 2 Kings 10:14 - Take them alive Job 27:14 - children Proverbs 29:12 - General Daniel 11:26 - that feed

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.

slew seventy: 2 Kings 10:9, 2 Kings 11:1, Judges 9:5-57, 1 Kings 21:21, 2 Chronicles 21:4, Matthew 14:8-11
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:7 - took his head 2 Samuel 14:30 - And Absalom's 2 Samuel 20:21 - his head 1 Kings 21:11 - did as Jezebel Psalms 81:6 - from the pots Proverbs 29:12 - General Hosea 1:4 - and I Hosea 7:7 - devoured Habakkuk 2:10 - consulted

And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

there came: 2 Samuel 11:18-21, 1 Kings 21:14, Mark 6:28
Lay ye them: Such barbarities are by no means uncommon in the East. "It has been know to occur," says Mr. Morier, "after the combat was over, that prisoners have been put to death in cold blood, in order that the heads, which are immediately despatched to the king, and deposited in heaps at the place gates, might make a more considerable show."
until the morning: Deuteronomy 21:23
Reciprocal: Hosea 1:4 - and I

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 righteous: 1 Samuel 12:3, Isaiah 5:3
I conspired: 2 Kings 9:14-24, Hosea 1:4
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:7 - slew seventy

10.

Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

fall unto the earth: 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Jeremiah 44:28, Jeremiah 44:29, Zechariah 1:6, Mark 13:31
the Lord hath done: 2 Kings 9:7-10, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:21-24, 1 Kings 21:29
by: Heb. by the hand of, 2 Kings 9:36, *marg.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:56 - failed 1 Kings 12:15 - that he might 1 Kings 15:29 - he left not 2 Kings 10:14 - Take them alive 2 Kings 10:17 - according 2 Kings 15:12 - And so 2 Chronicles 22:8 - when Jehu Esther 6:10 - let nothing fail Psalms 109:13 - Let his Hosea 1:4 - and I

11.

So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

and: Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 13:20
kinsfolks: or, acquaintance
his priests: 2 Kings 23:20, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 22:6, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10
he left: Joshua 10:30, Joshua 11:8, 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 16:11, 1 Kings 21:22, Job 18:19, Psalms 109:13, Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 14:22
Reciprocal: Joshua 10:39 - he left none 1 Kings 21:8 - the nobles 1 Kings 21:21 - Behold 1 Kings 21:29 - in his son's days 2 Kings 10:14 - Take them alive 2 Kings 10:17 - he slew 2 Kings 10:19 - all his priests 2 Kings 21:13 - the plummet Isaiah 40:24 - they shall not be planted Hosea 1:4 - and I

12.

And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,

shearing house: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep, 2 Kings 10:12

13.

Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

met with: Heb. found
the brethren: 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Kings 9:21-27, 2 Chronicles 21:17, 2 Chronicles 22:1-10
salute: Heb. the peace of, etc
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:15 - lighted on 2 Chronicles 22:6 - to see Jehoram Psalms 109:14 - let not Jeremiah 41:5 - came Acts 25:13 - unto

14.

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

Take them alive: 2 Kings 10:6, 2 Kings 10:10, 2 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 20:18
neither left: 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Chronicles 22:8, 2 Chronicles 22:10
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 22:6 - to see Jehoram Psalms 109:14 - let not Jeremiah 41:5 - came Hosea 7:7 - devoured

15.

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

lighted on: Heb. found, 2 Kings 10:13, 2 Kings 9:21, *marg.
Jehonadab: Jeremiah 35:6, Jeremiah 35:8, Jeremiah 35:14-19, Jonadab
Rechab: 1 Chronicles 2:55
saluted: Heb. blessed, Genesis 31:55, Genesis 47:7, Genesis 47:10
Is thine heart right: 1 Chronicles 12:17, 1 Chronicles 12:18, John 21:15-17, Galatians 4:12
give me: Ezra 10:19, Ezekiel 17:18, Galatians 2:9
he took him: Jehu asked for the hand of Jehonadab not merely for the purpose of assisting him into the chariot, but that he might give him an assurance that he would assist him in the prosecution of his desires; for giving the hand is considered as a pledge of friendship and fidelity, or a form of entering into a contract, among all nations. Mr. Bruce relates, that when he entreated the protection of a sheikh, the great people who were assembled came, "and after joining hands, repeated a kind of prayer, of about two minutes long; by which they declared themselves and their children accursed, if ever they lifted their hands against me in the tell, (or field) in the desert, or on the river; or, in case that I, or mine, should fly to them for refuge, if they did not protect us at the risk of their lives, their families, and their fortunes, or, as they emphatically expressed it, to the death of the last male child among them." Another striking instance occurs in Ockley's History of the Saracens. Telha, just before he died, asked one of Ali's men if he belonged to the emperor of the faithful; and being informed that he did, "Give me then," said he, "your hand, that I may put mine in it, and by this action renew the oath of fidelity which I have already made to Ali." Acts 8:31
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:33 - and he caused 2 Kings 10:23 - Jehonadab Psalms 94:16 - rise up Jeremiah 35:2 - the house Lamentations 5:6 - given

16.

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

Come with me: 2 Kings 10:31, 2 Kings 9:7-9, Numbers 23:4, Numbers 24:13-16, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, 1 Kings 19:17, Proverbs 27:2, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Romans 10:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:2 - in his zeal 2 Kings 9:20 - for he driveth Jeremiah 35:2 - the house Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall Hosea 8:2 - General Matthew 6:1 - to be Matthew 20:14 - thine Matthew 23:5 - all Luke 9:54 - wilt Luke 18:12 - fast Acts 8:31 - And he Philippians 3:6 - zeal James 3:14 - and lie

17.

And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

he slew: 2 Kings 10:11, 2 Kings 9:8, 2 Chronicles 22:8, Psalms 109:8, Psalms 109:9, Malachi 4:1
according: 2 Kings 10:10, 2 Kings 9:25, 2 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 21:21
Reciprocal: Judges 9:5 - slew Hosea 1:4 - and I

18.

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

Ahab served Baal: 2 Kings 3:2, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:22, 1 Kings 18:40
Jehu: Job 13:7, Romans 3:8, Philippians 4:8
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:19 - But Jehu 2 Kings 17:16 - Baal 2 Kings 21:3 - he reared Matthew 2:8 - that

19.

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

all the prophets: 2 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 22:6
all his servants: 2 Kings 10:21
all his priests: 2 Kings 10:11
But Jehu: 2 Kings 10:18, Job 13:7, Proverbs 29:5, 2 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Corinthians 12:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 2:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:35 - General Matthew 2:8 - that Luke 16:8 - done Romans 11:4 - Baal

20.

And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:20, 1 Kings 21:12, Joel 1:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:5 - made proclamation Leviticus 23:2 - proclaim Numbers 22:22 - God's 2 Kings 3:3 - he cleaved Joel 2:15 - sanctify Romans 11:4 - Baal

21.

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

And they came: Joel 3:2, Joel 3:11-14, Revelation 16:16
the house of Baal: 1 Kings 16:32
full from one end to another: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth, Judges 16:27
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:19 - all his servants

22.

And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

vestments: Exodus 28:2, Matthew 22:11, Matthew 22:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:14 - wardrobe Zephaniah 1:8 - strange

23.

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 the worshippers of Baal only.

Jehonadab: 2 Kings 10:15
the worshippers: Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:6 - Abner

24.

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

If any of the men: 1 Kings 20:30-42
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:39 - thy life Ezekiel 9:1 - Cause

25.

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

Go in: Exodus 32:27, Deuteronomy 13:6-11, Ezekiel 9:5-7
let: Ezekiel 22:21, Ezekiel 22:22, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 16:7
edge: Heb. mouth
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:40 - Take 2 Kings 23:20 - he slew 2 Chronicles 23:14 - whoso followeth her 2 Chronicles 23:17 - the house of Baal

26.

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

images: Heb. statues, 1 Kings 14:23, *marg.
and burned them: 2 Kings 19:18, 2 Samuel 5:21
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:32 - the house of Baal 2 Kings 3:2 - Baal 2 Kings 11:18 - went 2 Chronicles 28:2 - For he walked 2 Chronicles 34:4 - graves

27.

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

brake down the image: 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:7-14, Leviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, 1 Kings 16:32, 2 Chronicles 34:3-7
made it a draught house: This was an ancient mode of degradation, which still continues in the East; and we are informed, that Abbas the Great, king of Persia, having conquered Bagdad, treated the tomb of Hanifah, one of the fathers of the church among the Turks, in a similar manner. Ezra 6:11, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 3:29
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down 2 Kings 23:6 - the graves 2 Chronicles 34:4 - graves Matthew 15:17 - and is

28.

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Reciprocal: Hosea 2:13 - the days

29.

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

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the sins: 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:18, 2 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 15:28, 2 Kings 17:22, 1 Kings 12:28-30, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34, 1 Kings 14:16
made Israel: Genesis 20:9, Exodus 32:21, 1 Samuel 2:24, Mark 6:24-26, 1 Corinthians 8:9-13, Galatians 2:12, Galatians 2:13
the golden calves: Exodus 32:4, Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 13:2
in Bethel: 1 Kings 12:29
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:31 - he departed 2 Kings 13:6 - departed 2 Chronicles 1:17 - the kings Ezekiel 23:8 - whoredoms Hosea 1:4 - and I Hosea 8:2 - General Amos 8:14 - sin

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.

Because thou hast: 1 Kings 21:29, Ezekiel 29:18-20, Hosea 1:4
according to all that: 1 Samuel 15:18-24, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 21:22
thy children: 2 Kings 10:35, 2 Kings 13:1, 2 Kings 13:10, 2 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 15:8-12
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:3 - avenge the Lord Deuteronomy 17:20 - right hand Deuteronomy 21:9 - when thou shalt 1 Kings 16:7 - because he killed him 1 Kings 21:21 - Behold 2 Kings 15:12 - the word Jeremiah 34:15 - ye Ezekiel 29:20 - served Matthew 20:14 - thine

31.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

took no heed: Heb. observed not, Deuteronomy 4:15, Deuteronomy 4:23, 1 Kings 2:4, Psalms 39:1, Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 4:23, Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 12:15
walk: Deuteronomy 5:33, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, 2 Chronicles 6:16, Nehemiah 10:29, Psalms 78:10, Ezekiel 36:27, Daniel 9:10
he departed: 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 3:3, 1 Kings 14:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:29 - with all Deuteronomy 21:9 - when thou shalt 1 Samuel 2:24 - ye make 2 Samuel 21:2 - in his zeal 1 Kings 12:30 - became a sin 1 Kings 13:34 - became sin 1 Kings 15:29 - he left not 1 Kings 16:7 - because he killed him 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me 2 Kings 15:9 - as his 2 Kings 17:2 - but not as the kings 2 Kings 17:22 - walked in all the sins 2 Kings 23:15 - the altar Jeremiah 34:15 - ye Matthew 6:1 - to be Matthew 20:14 - thine Luke 9:54 - wilt James 3:14 - and lie

32.

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

cut: Heb. cut off the ends of
Hazael: 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Kings 13:22, 1 Kings 19:17
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:19 - we will 2 Kings 13:7 - the king 2 Kings 15:37 - began Psalms 107:39 - oppression Proverbs 14:28 - General Amos 1:3 - because Amos 4:10 - your young Mark 14:71 - General

33.

From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun
the land of Gilead: Numbers 32:33-42, Deuteronomy 3:12-17, Joshua 13:9-12
even: or, even to, Amos 1:3, Amos 1:4
Reciprocal: Numbers 32:19 - we will 2 Kings 8:12 - the evil 1 Chronicles 5:18 - Reuben Proverbs 14:28 - General Jeremiah 49:1 - their king

34.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 12:19, 2 Kings 13:8 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 14:29
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 14:15 - the rest 1 Chronicles 29:30 - his might 2 Chronicles 35:27 - deeds

35.

And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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Jehu slept: 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:21, 1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Kings 14:31
Jehoahaz: 2 Kings 13:1, 2 Kings 13:7, 2 Kings 13:8
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:30 - thy children 2 Kings 13:9 - buried him 2 Kings 14:15 - the rest

36.

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

the time: Heb. the days were, 2 Kings 10:36
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:1 - three and twentieth year