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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>. 10:16 Jehu said <0559>, “Come <01980> with <0854> me and see <07200> how zealous <07068> I am for the Lord’s <03068> cause.” So he took <07392> him along <07392> in his chariot <07393>. 10:17 He went <0935> to Samaria <08111> and exterminated <05221> all <03605> the members of Ahab’s <0256> family who were still alive <07604> in Samaria <08111>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had announced <01696> to <0413> Elijah <0452>. 10:18 Jehu <03058> assembled <06908> all <03605> the people <05971> and said <0559> to <0413> them, “Ahab <0256> worshiped <05647> Baal <01168> a little <04592>; Jehu <03058> will worship <05647> him with great devotion <07235>. 10:19 So now <06258>, bring <07121> to me all <03605> the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>, as well as all <03605> his servants <05647> and priests <03548>. None <0408> <0376> of them must be absent <06485>, for <03588> I am offering a great <01419> sacrifice <02077> to Baal <01168>. Any <03605> of them who <0834> fail to appear <06485> will lose <03808> their lives <02421>.” But Jehu <03058> was tricking <06122> <06213> them so <04616> he could destroy <06> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>. 10:20 Then Jehu <03058> ordered <0559>, “Make arrangements <06942> for a celebration <06116> for Baal <01168>.” So they announced <07121> it. 10:21 Jehu <03058> sent <07971> invitations <0935> throughout <03605> Israel <03478>, and all <03605> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168> came <0935>; not <03808> one <0376> was absent <07604>. They arrived <0935> at the temple <01004> of Baal <01168> and filled <04390> it <01168> <01004> up from end <06310> to end <06310>. 10:22 Jehu ordered <0559> the one who <0834> was in charge <05921> of the wardrobe <04458>, “Bring out <03318> robes <03830> for all <03605> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>.” So he brought out <03318> robes <04403> for them. 10:23 Then Jehu <03058> and Jehonadab <03082> son <01121> of Rekab <07394> went <0935> to the temple <01004> of Baal <01168>. Jehu said <0559> to the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>, “Make sure <07200> <02664> there <03426> are no <06435> servants <05650> of the Lord <03068> here <06311> with you; there must be only <0905> servants <05647> of Baal <01168>.” 10:24 They went <0935> inside to offer <06213> sacrifices <02077> and burnt offerings <05930>. Now Jehu <03058> had stationed <07760> eighty <08084> men <0376> outside <02351>. He <0376> had told <0559> them, “If any of the men <0376> inside get away <04422>, you will pay with <08478> your lives <05315> <05315>!”

• 2Ki 10:1-17 -- Jehu Wipes Out Ahab's Family
• 2Ki 10:18-28 -- Jehu Executes the Prophets and Priests of Baal

• 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 (...
  

• Shearing-house

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• SHEARINGHOUSE, THE

  [smith] a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountered forty-two members of the royal family of Judah, whom he slaughtered. (2 Kings 10:12,14) Eusebius mentions it as a villag...
  

• 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 ...
  

• RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY

  [isbe] RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY - re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Kinsmen II. AFFINITY 1. Husband and Wife 2. Father-in-Law, etc. 3. Brother-...
  

• Naboth

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• Jezreel, Valley of

  [ebd] lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan (Josh. 17:16; Judg. 6:33; Hos. 1:5). It was the scene of the signal victory gained by the I...
  

• Jehu

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  [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...
  

• Hand

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• Government

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• FACT

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• 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....
  

• Enthusiasm

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• 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 ...
  

• Decision

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• Behead

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• BAAL (1)

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• 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...
  

• Apparel

  [ebd] In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. 22:5) referred especially to ornaments and head-dresses. Both men and women ...
  

• Ahab's Family Killed

  

• The Ministers of Baal Killed

  

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