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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>.” 10:11 Then Jehu <03058> killed <05221> all <03605> who were left <07604> of Ahab’s <0256> family <01004> in Jezreel <03157>, and all <03605> his nobles <01419>, close friends <03045>, and priests <03548>. He left <07604> no <01115> survivors <08300>. 10:12 Jehu then left <06965> there and set out <0935> for Samaria <08111>. While he <01931> was traveling <01870> through Beth Eked <01004> of the Shepherds <07462>, 10:13 Jehu <03058> encountered <04672> the relatives <0251> of King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> of Judah <03063>. He asked <0559>, “Who <04310> are you <0859>?” They replied <0559>, “We are Ahaziah’s <0274> relatives <0251>. We <0587> have come down <03381> to see how the king’s <04428> sons <01121> and the queen mother’s <01377> sons <01121> are doing.” 10:14 He said <0559>, “Capture <08610> them alive <02416>!” So they captured <08610> them alive <02416> and then executed <07819> all forty-two <08147> <0705> of them <0376> in <0413> the cistern <0953> at Beth Eked <01044>. He left <07604> no <03808> survivors <0376>. 10:15 When he left <01980> there <08033>, he met <04672> Jehonadab <03082>, son <01121> of Rekab <07394>, who had been looking for <07125> him. Jehu greeted <01288> him and asked <0559>, “Are <03426> you as committed <03477> to me as <0834> I am to <05973> you?” Jehonadab <03082> answered <0559>, “I am <03426>!” Jehu replied, “If so, give <05414> me your hand <03027>.” So he offered <05414> his hand <03027> and Jehu pulled <05927> him up <05927> into <0413> <0413> the chariot <04818>.

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

• Jehu

  [ebd] Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2...
  [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...
  

• JEHONADAB

  [ebd] Jehovah is liberal; or, whom Jehovah impels. (1.) A son of Shimeah, and nephew of David. It was he who gave the fatal wicked advice to Amnon, the heir to the throne (2 Sam. 13:3-6). He was very "subtil," but unprincipled. (2...
  [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 ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah impels) and Jon?adab, the son of Rechab, founder of the Rechabites, an Arab chief. When Jehu was advancing, after the slaughter of Betheked, on the city of Samaria, he was suddenly met by Jehonadab, who joined w...
  

• 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...
  

• Enthusiasm

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

• 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, ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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....
  

• 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; ...
  

• 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...
  [isbe] JEZREEL - jez'-re-el, jez'-rel (yizre`e'l, "God soweth"): (1) A city on the border of the territory of Issachar (Josh 19:18). 1. Territory: It is named with Chesulloth and Shunem (modern Iksal and Solam). It remained loyal t...
  [smith] A city situated in the plain of the same name between Gilboa and Little Hermon, now generally called Esdraelon. [ESDRAELON] It appears in (Joshua 19:18) but its historical importance dates from the reign of Ahab, B.C. 918-89...
  [nave] JEZREEL 1. A city in the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:56; 1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3; 29:1, 11. 2. A city of Issachar, Josh. 19:18; 2 Sam. 2:9. Ahab's residence in, 1 Kin. 18:45, 46; 21:1. Naboth's vineyard in, 1 Kin. 21:1. Joram's res...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Rechab

  [ebd] horseman, or chariot. (1.) One of Ishbosheth's "captains of bands" or leaders of predatory troops (2 Sam. 4:2). (2.) The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites (2 Kings 10:15, 23; Jer. 35:6-19).
  [smith] (rider). One of the two "captains of bands" whom Ish-bosheth took into his service, and who conspired to murder him. (2 Samuel 4:2) (B.C. 1046.) The father of Malchiah, ruler of part of Beth-haccerem. (Nehemiah 3:14) (B.C...
  [nave] RECHAB 1. Son of Rimmon. Murders Ish-bosheth, son of Saul; put to death by David, 2 Sam. 4:5-12. 2. Father of Jehonadab, 2 Kin. 10:15, 23; 1 Chr. 2:55; Jer. 35:6, 8, 16, 19. Ancestor of the Rechabites, Jer. 35. 3. Father ...
  

• 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...
  

• SHEARING HOUSE

  [isbe] SHEARING HOUSE - sher'-ing (beth `eqedh ha-ro`im, "house of binding of the shepherds"; Codex Vaticanus Baithakath (Codex Alexandrinus Baithakad) ton poimenon): Here in the course of his extinction of the house of Ahab, Jehu ...
  

• 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...
  

• Ahab's Family Killed

  

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