2 Kings 10:1

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab’s sons, saying,

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And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

In Context

2“Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armour,

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Cross References

Judges 8:30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight years.

1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

1 Kings 21:8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

2 Kings 5:3She said to her mistress, “I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.”

Hosea 1:4The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on 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 →

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