2 Kings 10:10-11

10 "Know then that ¹there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done ²what He spoke through His servant Elijah."

11 So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in ³Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor.

2 Kings 10:10-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 9:7-10
• 2. 1 Kings 21:19-29
• 3. Hosea 1:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "by the hand of"
• [b]. Lit "smote"