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2 Kings 10 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
8
classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 2 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1

“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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