2 Kings 10:1
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the princes of Jizreel, to the elders, and to Ahab's guardians, saying,
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Judges 8:30Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.
Judges 12:14And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years.
1 Kings 16:24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
1 Kings 21:8And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
2 Kings 5:3And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.
Hosea 1:4And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jizreel; for yet a little, and I will visit the blood of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 10:1
We have in this chapter, I. A further account of Jehu's execution of his commission. He cut off, 1. All Ahab's sons, ver. 1-10 . 2. All Ahab's kindred, ver. 11-14 , 17 . 3. Ahab's idolatry: his zeal against this he took Jonadab to be witness to ( ver. 15, 16 ), summoned all the worshippers of Baal to attend ( ver. 18-23 ) and slew them all ( ver. 24, 25 ), and then abolished that idolatry, ver. 26-28 . II. A short account of the administration of his government. 1. The old idolatry of Israel, the worship of the… Read the whole commentary →