Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 10
Overview
Kg2 10:1, Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's children to be beheaded; Kg2 10:8, He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah; Kg2 10:12, At the shearing house he slays two and forty of Ahaziah's brethren; Kg2 10:15, He takes Jehonadab into his company; Kg2 10:18, By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal; Kg2 10:29, Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins; Kg2 10:32, Hazael oppresses Israel; Kg2 10:34, Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu.
seventy sons: Jdg 8:30, Jdg 10:4, Jdg 12:14
in Samaria: Kg2 5:3; Kg1 13:32, Kg1 16:28; Ch2 22:9
the rulers: Deu 16:18; Kg1 21:8-14
them: Heb. nourishers
as soon: Kg2 5:6
Look even: Deu 17:14, Deu 17:15; Sa1 10:24, Sa1 11:15; Sa2 2:8, Sa2 2:9; Kg1 1:24, Kg1 1:25, Kg1 12:20
fight for: Sa2 2:12-17; Kg1 12:21; Joh 18:36
how then shall: Isa 27:4; Jer 49:19; Nah 1:6; Luk 14:31
We are thy servants: Kg2 18:14; Jos 9:11, Jos 9:24, Jos 9:25; Kg1 20:4, Kg1 20:32; Jer 27:7, Jer 27:8, Jer 27:17; Joh 12:26
If ye be mine: Heb. If ye be for me, Kg2 9:32; Mat 12:30; Luk 9:50
take ye: Num 25:4
your master's sons: Deu 5:9; Jos 7:24, Jos 7:25; Job 21:19; Isa 14:21, Isa 14:22; Rev 2:20-23
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.
slew seventy: Kg2 10:9, Kg2 11:1; Judg. 9:5-57; Kg1 21:21; Ch2 21:4; Mat 14:8-11
there came: Sa2 11:18-21; Kg1 21:14; Mar 6:28
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."
until the morning: Deu 21:23
Ye be righteous: Sa1 12:3; Isa 5:3
I conspired: Kg2 9:14-24; Hos 1:4
fall unto the earth: Sa1 3:19, Sa1 15:29; Jer 44:28, Jer 44:29; Zac 1:6; Mar 13:31
the Lord hath done: Kg2 9:7-10; Kg1 21:19, Kg1 21:21-24, Kg1 21:29
by: Heb. by the hand of, Kg2 9:36 *marg.
kinsfolks: or, acquaintance
his priests: Kg2 23:20; Kg1 18:19, Kg1 18:40, Kg1 22:6; Rev 19:20, Rev 20:10
he left: Jos 10:30, Jos 11:8; Kg1 14:10, Kg1 15:29, Kg1 16:11, Kg1 21:22; Job 18:19; Psa 109:13; Isa 14:21, Isa 14:22
shearing house: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep, Kg2 10:12
met with: Heb. found
the brethren: Kg2 8:24, Kg2 8:29, Kg2 9:21-27; Ch2 21:17, Ch2 22:1-10
salute: Heb. the peace of, etc
Take them alive: Kg2 10:6, Kg2 10:10, Kg2 10:11; Kg1 20:18
neither left: Kg2 8:18, Kg2 11:1; Ch2 22:8, Ch2 22:10
lighted on: Heb. found, Kg2 10:13, Kg2 9:21 *marg.
Jehonadab: Jer 35:6, Jer 35:8, Jer 35:14-19, Jonadab
Rechab: Ch1 2:55
saluted: Heb. blessed, Gen 31:55, Gen 47:7, Gen 47:10
Is thine heart right: Ch1 12:17, Ch1 12:18; Joh 21:15-17; Gal 4:12
give me: Ezr 10:19; Eze 17:18; Gal 2:9
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." Act 8:31
Come with me: Kg2 10:31, Kg2 9:7-9; Num 23:4, Num 24:13-16; Kg1 19:10, Kg1 19:14, Kg1 19:17; Pro 27:2; Eze 33:31; Mat 6:2, Mat 6:5; Rom 10:2
he slew: Kg2 10:11, Kg2 9:8; Ch2 22:8; Psa 109:8, Psa 109:9; Mal 4:1
according: Kg2 10:10, Kg2 9:25, Kg2 9:26; Kg1 21:21
Ahab served Baal: Kg2 3:2; Kg1 16:31, Kg1 16:32, Kg1 18:19, Kg1 18:22, Kg1 18:40
Jehu: Job 13:7; Rom 3:8; Phi 4:8
all the prophets: Kg2 3:13; Kg1 22:6
all his servants: Kg2 10:21
all his priests: Kg2 10:11
But Jehu: Kg2 10:18; Job 13:7; Pro 29:5; Co2 4:2, Co2 11:3, Co2 11:13-15, Co2 12:16-18; Th1 2:3
Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify, Kg1 18:19, Kg1 18:20, Kg1 21:12; Joe 1:14
And they came: Joe 3:2, Joe 3:11-14; Rev 16:16
the house of Baal: Kg1 16:32
full from one end to another: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth, Jdg 16:27
vestments: Exo 28:2; Mat 22:11, Mat 22:12
Jehonadab: Kg2 10:15
the worshippers: Mat 13:30, Mat 13:41, Mat 25:32, Mat 25:33
If any of the men: Kg1 20:30-42
Go in: Exo 32:27; Deu 13:6-11; Eze 9:5-7
let: Eze 22:21, Eze 22:22; Rev 16:6, Rev 16:7
edge: Heb. mouth
images: Heb. statues, Kg1 14:23 *marg.
and burned them: Kg2 19:18; Sa2 5:21
brake down the image: Kg2 18:4, Kg2 23:7-14; Lev 26:30; Deu 7:5, Deu 7:25; Kg1 16:32; Ch2 34:3-7
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. Ezr 6:11; Dan 2:5, Dan 3:29
am 3120-3148, bc 884-856
the sins: Kg2 13:2, Kg2 13:11, Kg2 14:24, Kg2 15:9, Kg2 15:18, Kg2 15:24, Kg2 15:28, Kg2 17:22; Kg1 12:28-30, Kg1 13:33, Kg1 13:34, Kg1 14:16
made Israel: Gen 20:9; Exo 32:21; Sa1 2:24; Mar 6:24-26; Co1 8:9-13; Gal 2:12, Gal 2:13
the golden calves: Exo 32:4; Hos 8:5, Hos 8:6, Hos 10:5, Hos 13:2
in Bethel: Kg1 12:29
Because thou hast: Kg1 21:29; Eze 29:18-20; Hos 1:4
according to all that: Sa1 15:18-24; Kg1 20:42, Kg1 21:22
thy children: Kg2 10:35, Kg2 13:1, Kg2 13:10, Kg2 14:23, Kg2 15:8-12
took no heed: Heb. observed not, Deu 4:15, Deu 4:23; Kg1 2:4; Psa 39:1, Psa 119:9; Pro 4:23; Heb 2:1, Heb 12:15
walk: Deu 5:33, Deu 10:12, Deu 10:13; Ch2 6:16; Neh 10:29; Psa 78:10; Eze 36:27; Dan 9:10
he departed: Kg2 10:29, Kg2 3:3; Kg1 14:16
cut: Heb. cut off the ends of
Hazael: Kg2 8:12, Kg2 13:22; Kg1 19:17
eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun
the land of Gilead: Num 32:33-42; Deu 3:12-17; Jos 13:9-12
even: or, even to, Amo 1:3, Amo 1:4
Kg1 11:41, Kg1 14:19, Kg1 14:29
am 3148, bc 856
Jehu slept: Sa2 7:12; Kg1 1:21, Kg1 2:10, Kg1 14:20, Kg1 14:31
Jehoahaz: Kg2 13:1, Kg2 13:7, Kg2 13:8
the time: Heb. the days were, Kg2 10:36