2 Kings 10:11-14

11 So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in ¹Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor.

12 Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds,

13 ²Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, "Who are you?" And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother."

14 He said, "Take them alive." So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two * men; and he left none * of them.

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2 Kings 10:11-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 10

This chapter gives a further account of the destruction of the house of Ahab by Jehu, or his orders, even of all his sons and relations, 2Ki 10:1-11, and also of the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, 2Ki 10:12-14, of his taking up Jehonadab the son of Rechab into his chariot, to be a witness of his zeal for the Lord, 2Ki 10:15-17, and of his gathering together the prophets, priests, and worshippers of Baal, and slaying them, 2Ki 10:18-25 and of his extirpation of the idolatry of Baal, 2Ki 10:26-28, nevertheless he continued the worship of the calves, 2Ki 10:29-31 wherefore Israel was distressed by the king of Syria, 2Ki 10:32,33 and the chapter is concluded with the reign and death of Jehu, 2Ki 10:34,35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 2

1. Hosea 1:4
2. 2 Kings 8:24, 29; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:8

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "smote"
[b]. I.e. house of binding
[c]. Lit "found"
[d]. Lit "brothers"
[e]. Lit "said"
[f]. Lit "brothers"
[g]. Lit "about the welfare of"