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Text -- 2 Kings 10:20 (NET)

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Context
10:20 Then Jehu ordered , “Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal .” So they announced it.



Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Samaria |
SOLEMN, SOLEMNITY |
SANCTIFICATION |
Religion |
Massacre |
Lies and Deceits |
Jonadab |
Jehu |
JEHONADAB |
Intolerance |
Inconsistency |
Homicide |
Government |
Friendship |
FACT |
Ezion-geber |
Enthusiasm |
Decision |
Confidence |
Baal |
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collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)
Barnes -> 2Ki 10:20
Barnes: 2Ki 10:20 - -- A solemn assembly - Jehu applies to his proposed gathering the sacred name assigned in the Law to the chiefest festivals of Yahweh (see Lev 23:...
Poole -> 2Ki 10:20
Poole: 2Ki 10:20 - -- Proclaim Heb. sanctify . Prepare yourselves and all things necessary for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast, which I intend to keep.
Proclaim Heb. sanctify . Prepare yourselves and all things necessary for this solemn day, and sacrifice, and feast, which I intend to keep.
Haydock -> 2Ki 10:20
Haydock: 2Ki 10:20 - -- Proclaim. Literally, "sanctify (Hebrew) a prohibition" to work, or to be absent, (Calmet) "and they proclaimed it. "
Proclaim. Literally, "sanctify (Hebrew) a prohibition" to work, or to be absent, (Calmet) "and they proclaimed it. "
Gill -> 2Ki 10:20
Gill: 2Ki 10:20 - -- And Jehu said, proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal,.... Such as with the Jews was an holy convocation, when they were forbidden and restrained from do...
And Jehu said, proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal,.... Such as with the Jews was an holy convocation, when they were forbidden and restrained from doing any work on that day; and such a day Jehu would have appointed and proclaimed for Baal, that the people might be at leisure to attend:
and they proclaimed it; according to his order, in Samaria.

expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

expand allCommentary -- Verse Range Notes
TSK Synopsis -> 2Ki 10:1-36
TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 10:1-36 - --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 s...
MHCC -> 2Ki 10:15-28
MHCC: 2Ki 10:15-28 - --Is thine heart right? This is a question we should often put to ourselves. I make a fair profession, have gained a reputation among men, but, is my he...
Matthew Henry -> 2Ki 10:15-28
Matthew Henry: 2Ki 10:15-28 - -- Jehu, pushing on his work, is here, I. Courting the friendship of a good man, Jehonadab the son of Rechab, 2Ki 10:15, 2Ki 10:16. This Jehonadab, t...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 2Ki 10:18-20
Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 10:18-20 - --
Extermination of the Prophets and Priests of Baal and of the Baal-Worship. - 2Ki 10:28. Under the pretence of wishing to serve Baal even more than A...
Constable: 2Ki 9:30--18:1 - --C. The Second Period of Antagonism 9:30-17:41
The kingdoms of Israel and Judah continued without an alli...

Constable: 2Ki 9:30--11:1 - --1. Jehu's evil reign in Israel 9:30-10:36
Since the writer did not record Jehu's coronation, we ...
