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10:1 Ahab <0256> had seventy <07657> sons <01121> living in Samaria <08111>. So Jehu <03058> wrote <03789> letters <05612> and sent <07971> them to <0413> Samaria <08111> to the leading <02205> officials <08269> of Jezreel <03157> and to <0413> the guardians <0539> of Ahab’s <0256> dynasty. This is what the letters said <0559>, 10:2 “You have with <0854> you the sons <01121> of your master <0113>, chariots <07393> and horses <05483>, a fortified <04013> city <05892>, and weapons <05402>. So <06258> when this <02088> letter <05612> arrives <0935>, 10:3 pick <07200> the best <02896> and most capable <03477> of your master’s <0113> sons <01121>, place <07760> him on <05921> his father’s <01> throne <03678>, and defend <05921> <03898> your master’s <0113> dynasty <01004>.” 10:4 They were absolutely <03966> <03966> terrified <03372> and said <0559>, “Look <02009>, two <08147> kings <04428> could not <03808> stop <05975> him! How <0349> can we <0587>?” 10:5 So the palace <01004> supervisor, the city <05892> commissioner, the leaders <02205>, and the guardians <0539> sent <07971> this message to <0413> Jehu <03058>, “We <0587> are your subjects <05650>! Whatever <0834> <03605> you say <0559>, we will do <06213>. We will not <03808> make anyone <0376> king <04427>. Do <06213> what you consider <05869> proper <02896>.” 10:6 He wrote <03789> them a second <08145> letter <05612>, saying <0559>, “If <0518> you <0859> are really on my side and are willing to obey <08085> me, then take <03947> the heads <07218> of your master’s <0113> sons <01121> and come <0935> to <0413> me in Jezreel <03157> at this time <06256> tomorrow <04279>.” Now the king <04428> had seventy <07657> sons <01121>, and the prominent <01419> men <0376> of the city <05892> were raising <01431> them. 10:7 When <01961> they received <0935> the letter <05612>, they seized <03947> the king’s <04428> sons <01121> and executed <07819> all seventy <07657> of them. They put <07760> their heads <07218> in baskets <01731> and sent <07971> them to <0413> him in Jezreel <03157>. 10:8 The messenger <04397> came <0935> and told <05046> Jehu, “They have brought <0935> the heads <07218> of the king’s <04428> sons <01121>.” Jehu said <0559>, “Stack <07760> them in two <08147> piles <06652> at the entrance <06607> of the city gate <08179> until <05704> morning <01242>.” 10:9 In the morning <01242> he went out <03318> and stood <05975> there. Then he said <0559> to <0413> all <03605> the people <05971>, “You <0859> are innocent <06662>. I <0589> conspired <07194> against <05921> my master <0113> and killed <02026> him. But who <04310> struck down <05221> all <03605> of these <0428> men? 10:10 Therefore <0645> take note <03045> that <03588> not <03808> one of the judgments <01697> the Lord <03068> announced <01696> against <05921> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> has failed <05307> to materialize. The Lord <03068> had done <06213> what <0834> he announced <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> Elijah <0452>.”

• 2Ki 10:1-17 -- Jehu Wipes Out Ahab's Family

• Jehu

  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• Enthusiasm

  [nave] ENTHUSIASM. Instances of Gideon, Judg. 6; 7; Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:1-14; 10:1-28. See: Zeal.
  

• FACT

  [isbe] FACT - Lit. "a deed." The word occurs only in the heading of the chapter, 2 Ki 10 the King James Version, "Jehu excuseth the fact by the prophecy of Elijah," and in 2 Macc 4:36, with reference to the murder of Onias, "certai...
  

• JEHONADAB

  [isbe] JEHONADAB - je-hon'-a-dab (yehonadhabh, either "Yahweh is noble" or "liberal," or "Yahweh has impelled") = Jonadab (yonadhabh, same meaning): (1) Jehonadab in the Hebrew of 2 Sam 13:5; but Jonadab in English Versions of the ...
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Decision

  [nave] DECISION. Deut. 30:19; Josh. 23:8. Josh. 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Kin. 18:21; Psa. 37:34; Psa. 69:13; Prov. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Matt. 24:13 Mark 13:13; Matt. 10:22. Matt. 25:23; Luke 7:23 Matt. 11:6. John 8:31; John 15:4, 5, ...
  

• Homicide

  [nave] HOMICIDE. Accidental Ex. 21:13, 28-32; Num. 35:11-15, 22-28, 32 Deut. 4:41-43; 19:1-10. Josh. 20:1-9 Felonious or Murder: Gen. 4:9-11 v. 12.; Gen. 9:5, 6; Gen. 49:7; Ex. 20:13 Deut. 5:17; Rom. 13:9. Ex. 21:29-32; Num. 35...
  

• Ezion-geber

  [ebd] the giant's backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah, near Elath or Eloth (Num....
  

• Jezreel

  [ebd] God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against...
  

• Ahab

  [nave] AHAB 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18, 19; 21:25, 26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3, 4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah; assembles the ...
  

• Children

  [nave] CHILDREN In answer to prayer: To Abraham, Gen. 15:2-5, with Gen. 21:1, 2; Isaac, Gen. 25:21; Leah, Gen. 30:17-22; Rachel, Gen. 30:22-24; Haah, 1 Sam. 1:9-20; Zacharias, Luke 1:13. Treatment of, at birth, Ezek. 16:4-6; Luke ...
  

• Massacre

  [nave] MASSACRE Authorized by Moses, Deut. 20:13, 16. Decree to destroy the Jews, Esth. 3. Instances of Inhabitants of Heshbon, Deut. 2:34; of Bashan, Deut. 3:6; of Ai, Josh. 8:24-26; of Hazor, Josh. 11:11, 12; of the cities of ...
  

• Assyria

  [ebd] the name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by viceroys from that kingdom. It was a mountainous region lying to the north of...
  

• Writing

  [ebd] The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded "to write for a memorial in a book" (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afterwards made of writing (...
  

• EPISTLE

  [isbe] EPISTLE - e-pis'-'-l (epistole, "a letter," "epistle"; from epistello, "to send to"): 1. New Testament Epistles 2. Distinctive Characteristics 3. Letter-Writing in Antiquity 4. Letters in the Old Testament 5. Letters in the ...
  

• Basket

  [ebd] There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were...
  [smith] The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal , so called from the twigs of which it was originally made, specially used for holding bread. (Genesis 40:16) ff. (Exodus 29:3,23; Leviticus 8:2...
  [nave] BASKET, Gen. 40:16, 17; Ex. 29:3, 23, 32; Lev. 8:2; Num. 6:15; Deut. 26:2; 28:5, 17; 2 Kin. 10:7. Received the fragments after the miracles of the loaves, Matt. 14:20; 15:37; 16:9, 10. Paul let down from the wall in, Acts...
  

• Behead

  [ebd] a method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen. 40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews (2 Sam. 4:8; 20:21,22; 2 Kings 10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testam...
  

• WRITING, 2

  [isbe] WRITING, 2 - V. Materials. The materials used in writing include almost every imaginable substance, mineral, vegetable, and animal: gold, silver, copper, bronze, clay, marble, granite, precious gems, leaves, bark, wooden pla...
  

• RULER

  [isbe] RULER - rool'-er: 1. In the Old Testament: (1) moshel, "ruler," "prince," "master" (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Gen 45:8; compare Ps 105:21); to the Philistines (Jdg 15:11); to David's descendants, the future kings ...
  

• Ahab's Family Killed

  

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