Passage Research
2 Kings 10 — Sermon Preparation
Jehu executes all seventy of Ahab's sons, kills Ahaziah's relatives, and slaughters the prophets of Baal gathered under false pretenses. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 36
- verses
- 621 / 211
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יֵהוּא | Yêhûwʼ | H3058 | 19 | Jehu |
| בַּעַל | Baʻal | H1168 | 17 | Baal |
| אַחְאָב | ʼAchʼâb | H256 | 7 | Achab |
| שֹׁמְרוֹן | Shômᵉrôwn | H8111 | 7 | Shomeron |
| עָבַד | ʻâbad | H5647 | 8 | work, serve |
| בֵּית עֵקֶד | Bêyth ʻÊqed | H1044 | 4 | Beth-Eked |
| שָׁאַר | shâʼar | H7604 | 5 | swell, be |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In the most awful events, though attended by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God are to be noticed; and he never did nor can command any thing unjust or unreasonable. Jehu destroyed all that remained of the house of Ahab; all who had been partners in his wickedness. When we think upon the sufferings and miseries of mankind, when we look forward to the resurrection and last judgment, and think upon the vast number of the wicked waiting their awful sentence of everlasting fire; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 10:1–14 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jezreel 2— 2 Kgs 10:1
- Samaria 1— 2 Kgs 10:1
- Beth-eked— 2 Kgs 10:12
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