2 Re 10:21

21 E Iehu mandò per tutto Israele, che tutti i ministri di Baal venissero. Ed essi vennero tutti, e non ne restò pur uno che non venisse. Poi entrarono nel tempio di Baal; e quello fu ripieno da un capo all’altro.

2 Re 10:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 10:21

And Jehu sent through all Israel
Persons to proclaim this solemn assembly:

and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left
that came not;
some no doubt came cheerfully, having no suspicion of him, and the rather, as he might have been a worshipper of Baal in the times of Ahab; and as for what he had done to Baal's priests, they might consider that only as they were in connection with Ahab's family, whom to destroy was his political interest; and they were glad at heart their new king was so affected to Baal, and fond to see such a grand solemnity as they expected this to be; and others that might be suspicious of him, yet as they must die if they did not appear, and there was a possibility they might live, chose therefore to come:

and they came into the house of Baal;
the temple which Ahab had built for him in Samaria, ( 1 Kings 16:32 )

and the house of Baal was full from one end to the other;
not only the body of the temple, but all the outward court, every mouth, or corner, as in the original text: and this single house might be sufficient for all in the land; since the number of them might be greatly lessened by the ministry of Elijah and Elisha, as well as by the destruction the former made of the prophets of Baal; and by the schools of the prophets set up in various places, from whence prophets were sent out to instruct the people; and by Joram's putting away the image of Baal, which no doubt lessened the number of his worshippers.

2 Re 10:21 In-Context

19 Ora dunque, chiamate a me tutti i profeti di Baal, tutti i suoi ministri, e tutti suoi sacerdoti; non manchine pur uno; perciocchè io ho da fare un gran sacrificio a Baal; chiunque vi mancherà non viverà. Or Iehu facea questo con astuzia, per distruggere i ministri di Baal.

20 E Iehu disse: Santificate una festa solenne a Baal. Ed essi la bandirono.

21 E Iehu mandò per tutto Israele, che tutti i ministri di Baal venissero. Ed essi vennero tutti, e non ne restò pur uno che non venisse. Poi entrarono nel tempio di Baal; e quello fu ripieno da un capo all’altro.

22 Allora Iehu disse al sagrestano: Trai fuori vesti per tutti i ministri di Baal. Ed egli trasse loro fuori le vesti.

23 E Iehu, e Ionadab, figliuolo di Recab, entrarono dentro al tempio di Baal. E Iehu disse a’ ministri di Baal: Ricercate bene, e guardate che talora non vi sia qui fra voi alcuno dei servitori del Signore, ma solo i ministri di Baal.