2 Kings 10
1 Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's children to be beheaded.
8 He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah.
12 At the shearing house he slays two and forty of Ahaziah's brethren.
15 He takes Jehonadab into his company.
18 By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal.
29 Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins.
32 Hazael oppresses Israel.
34 Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu.
seventy sons <01121 07657> [seventy sons.]
Samaria .......... Samaria <08111> [in Samaria.]
officials <08269> [the rulers.]
guardians <0539> [them. Heb. nourishers.]
letter <05612> [as soon.]
pick <07200> [Look even.]
master's .......... defend ... master's <03898 0113> [fight for.]
two <08147> [Behold.]
stop .... can <05975> [how then shall.]
subjects <05650> [We are thy servants.]
obey <08085> [If ye be mine. Heb. If ye be for me.]
take ... heads <03947 07218> [take ye.]
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master's sons ................. sons <0113 01121> [your master's sons.]
raising <01431> [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.}"
executed ... seventy ... them They <07657 07819> [slew seventy.]
came ....... brought <0935> [there came.]
Stack .... two <07760 08147> [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."
morning <01242> [until the morning.]
innocent <06662> [Ye be righteous.]
conspired <07194> [I conspired.]
<0776 05307> [fall unto the earth.]
Lord ........... Lord ... done <06213 03068> [the Lord hath done.]
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of.]
nobles ... friends ... priests <01419 03045 03548> [and.]
friends <03045> [kinsfolks. or, acquaintance. his priests.]
left ................ left <07604> [he left.]
Beth Eked .... Shepherds <01004 07462> [shearing house. Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep.]
[met with. Heb. found. the brethren.]
<07965> [salute. Heb. the peace of, etc.]
Capture ... alive .... captured ... alive <08610 02416> [Take them alive.]
left <07604> [neither left.]
[lighted on. Heb. found.]
Jehonadab ........................... Jehonadab <03082> [Jehonadab.]
[Jonadab. Rechab.]
<01288> [saluted. Heb. blessed.]
as committed .... as ............ If <03824 03477 03426> [Is thine heart right.]
give .... hand .... offered ... hand <05414 03027> [give me.]
pulled ... up <05927> [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."
see <03212 07200> [Come with me.]
exterminated <05221> [he slew.]
just <01697> [according.]
Ahab worshiped Baal ...... worship <05647 01168 0256> [Ahab served Baal.]
Jehu ............... Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]
prophets <05030> [all the prophets.]
servants ........................................ servants <05647> [all his servants.]
priests <03548> [all his priests.]
Jehu <03058> [But Jehu.]
arrangements <06942> [Proclaim. Heb. Sanctify.]
invitations .......... came ....... arrived <0935> [And they came.]
Baal ........... temple ... Baal <01168 01004> [the house of Baal.]
filled <06310 04390> [full from one end to another. or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth.]
robes ............ robes <03830 04403> [vestments.]
Jehonadab <03082> [Jehonadab.]
servants .................... servants <05647> [the worshippers.]
men ... He ......... men <0376 0582> [If any of the men.]
Come <0935> [Go in.]
<0376> [let.]
<06310> [edge. Heb. mouth.]
sacred pillar <04676> [images. Heb. statues.]
burned <08313> [and burned them.]
demolished ... sacred pillar <04676 05422> [brake down the image.]
used as ... latrine <04163 07760> [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.
sins <02399> [A.M. 3120-3148. B.C. 884-856. the sins.]
Israel <03478> [made Israel.]
golden calves <05695 02091> [the golden calves.]
Bethel <01008> [in Beth-el.]
well <02895> [Because thou hast.]
regard <03824> [according to all that.]
descendants <01121> [thy children.]
carefully <08104> [took no heed. Heb. observed not.]
<03212> [walk.]
repudiate <05493> [he departed.]
reduce <07096> [cut. Heb. cut off the ends of. Hazael.]
<04217> [eastward. Heb. toward the rising of the sun. the land of]
Gilead.
Gilead ...................... Gilead <01568> [even. or, even to.]
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Jehu passed away <07901 03058> [A.M. 3148. B.C. 856. Jehu slept.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
<03117> [the time. Heb. the days were.]
