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Text -- 2 Kings 10:1-12 (NET)

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Jehu Wipes Out Ahab’s Family
10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, 10:2 “You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives, 10:3 pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.” 10:4 They were absolutely terrified and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?” 10:5 So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, “We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.” 10:6 He wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent men of the city were raising them. 10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel. 10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.” 10:9 In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, “You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men? 10:10 Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.” 10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors. 10:12 Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ahab son and successor of Omri, king of Israel,son of Kolaiah; a false prophet in the time of King Zedekiah
 · Beth-eked a place somewhere between Jezreel and Samaria
 · Beth-Eked a place somewhere between Jezreel and Samaria
 · Elijah a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife
 · Jehu son of Hanani who prophesied against King Baasha of Israel,son of Nimshi who killed King Joram and took his place as king of Israel,son of Obed of Judah,son of Joshibiah; head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a man of Anathoth; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag
 · Jezreel a resident of the town or region of Jezreel
 · Samaria residents of the district of Samaria


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jehu | Jezreel | Homicide | Government | Decision | Enthusiasm | FACT | JEHONADAB | Zeal | Ezion-geber | Massacre | Assyria | Ahab | Children | Writing | EPISTLE | Behead | Basket | WRITING, 2 | RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY | more
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NET Notes: 2Ki 10:1 Heb “to the officers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab, saying.” It is not certain why the officials of Jezreel would b...

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:2 Heb “And now when this letter comes to you – with you are the sons of your master and with you are chariots and horses and a fortified cit...

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:3 Or “fight for.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:4 Heb “How can we stand?”

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:5 Heb “Do what is good in your eyes.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:6 Heb “great,” probably in wealth, position, and prestige.

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:7 Heb “and when the letter came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:8 Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:10 Heb “Know then that there has not fallen from the word of the Lord to the ground that which the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab. The Lord h...

NET Notes: 2Ki 10:12 Heb “and he arose and went and came to Samaria.”

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