When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke to Elijah.
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When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke to Elijah.
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And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
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And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 10:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 22:8 When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, serving Ahaziah, and killed them.
- 1 Kings 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:25-26 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him: ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”
- 2 Kings 10:10-11 Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.” So Jehu struck all that remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
- Psalms 109:8-9 Let his days be few. Let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
- Malachi 4:1 “For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he…
2Ki 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
Ver. 17. He slew all that remained.] See on 2Ki 10:11.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All that remained unto Ahab; either all his household;…
All that remained unto Ahab; either all his household; or rather, all his kindred and relations, though more remote from him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when he came to Samaria, he slew all…
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria,.... All that were in any connection with him, as related to his family, or as ministers of his in civil or religious things:
till he had destroyed him; his whole house, as he was ordered:
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according to the word of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah; which is observed, to show the exact fulfilment of prophecy, see Kg1 21:21.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 10:17. He slew all that remained unto Ahab…
2Ki 10:17. He slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria — Either all his household, or, rather, all his kindred and relations, though more remote from him. This he did, no doubt, under pretence of zeal for God, and to fulfil the prophecy of Elijah; but there is too much reason to apprehend, from several of his actions, and, indeed, his general conduct, that in this, as well as in several of the other slaughters which he made, his chief motive was to secure the kingdom to himself and his posterity.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare 2Ki 10:11. Thus was finally completed the political…
Compare 2Ki 10:11. Thus was finally completed the political revolution which transferred the throne from the house of Omri to that of Nimshi, the fifth of the royal families of Israel.
According to the saying of the Lord - This emphatic reiteration (compare 2Ki 10:10) marks, first, how in the mind of the writer all this history is viewed as deriving its special interest from its being so full and complete an accomplishment of Elijah’s prophecies; and, secondly, how at the time Jehu carefully put forward the plea that what he did had this object. It does not indicate that a single-minded wish to execute God’s will was Jehu’s predominate motive. Probably, even where he most strictly fulfilled the letter of prophecies, he was working for himself, not for God; and hence, vengeance was denounced upon his house even for the very “blood of Jezreel” Hos 1:4.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. All that remained unto Ahab in Samaria —…
17. All that remained unto Ahab in Samaria — That is, all relatives or adherents and partisans of Ahab’s family that were not included in the seventy persons (2Ki_10:7) whom the nobles had slain.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria] i.e.…
17. all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria] i.e. Others more remotely connected with the royal family than the direct descendants. The great men in Samaria having slain the sons of Ahab, must be content to side with their new ruler in clearing off all that remained of his connexions, for otherwise vengeance might have awaked against themselves.
according to the saying [R.V. word] of the Lord] This is the more usual expression, but R.V. has left ‘saying of the Lord’ in 1Ki_15:29.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) And when he came . . . he…
(17) And when he came . . . he slew.—Literally. And he entered Samaria, and smote.
Ahab.—Again put for the house or family so called. Some MSS. and the Syriac express it so, reading “the house of Ahab.” (Comp. 1Ki_15:29.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when he came to Samaria, he slew all…
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samria, till he had destroyed him. Seventy male descendants of Ahab had been already destroyed in Samaria (vers. 1-7). It seems unlikely that the city can have contained any other members of his house excepting females. Did Jehu now destroy the daughters of Ahab resident in Samaria, with their families? The masculine form used cNh does not disprove this. According to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. (comp. ver. 10, and see also the comment 2Ki_9:7)
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