2 Kings 10:6 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 10:6

4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, “Look, ^atwo kings could not stand up to him; how then can we stand?”

5 And he who was in charge of the house, and he who was in charge of the city, the elders also, and those who reared the sons, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, we will do all you tell us; but we will not make anyone king. Do what is good in your sight.”

6 Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying:
If you are for me and will obey my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.

7 So it was, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and ^aslaughtered seventy persons, put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

8 Then a messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” And he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”

9 So it was, in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Indeed ^aI conspired against my master and killed him; but who killed all these?

10 Know now that nothing shall ^afall to the earth of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what He spoke ^bby His servant Elijah.”

11 So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

Ahaziah’s Forty-two Brothers Killed

12 And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way, at¹ Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

13 ^aJehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?” So they answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.”

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Definitions of words in 2 Kings 10:6:

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City {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
City {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Come {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jezreel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jezreel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Letter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Letter {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Master {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seventy {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Take {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tomorrow {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Voice {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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Jezreel {Easton's}

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