2 Reis 10:18

18 Depois ajuntou Jeú todo o povo, e disse-lhe: Acabe serviu pouco a Baal; Jeú, porém, muito o servirá.

2 Reis 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 10:18

And Jehu gathered all the people together
The people of Samaria, at least the principal of them:

and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, [but] Jehu shall serve
him much;
which some understand as spoken ironically; but the words seem to be spoken with a design to deceive the idolatrous inhabitants of Samaria, making them to believe that he was hearty in the worship of Baal, and should show a greater respect to it, and more constantly attend it, than Ahab had done; and this he said with a view to draw them to the temple of Baal, and there destroy them, as the sequel shows; and in which he is not to be justified, however good his intention was; for evil is not to be done that good may come.

2 Reis 10:18 In-Context

16 e disse: Vem comigo, e vê o meu zelo para com o Senhor. E fê-lo sentar consigo no carro.

17 Quando Jeú chegou a Samária, feriu a todos os que restavam de Acabe em Samária, até os destruir, conforme a palavra que o Senhor dissera a Elias.

18 Depois ajuntou Jeú todo o povo, e disse-lhe: Acabe serviu pouco a Baal; Jeú, porém, muito o servirá.

19 Pelo que chamai agora � minha presença todos os profetas de Baal, todos os seus servos e todos os seus sacerdotes; não falte nenhum, porque tenho um grande sacrifício a fazer a Baal; aquele que faltar não viverá. Jeú, porém, fazia isto com astúcia, para destruir os adoradores de Baal.

20 Disse mais Jeú: Consagrai a Baal uma assembléia solene. E eles a apregoaram.