2 Kings 10:26 KJV,ASV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 10:26

Heb. it, i.e. the collection of the images, or each of them. read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Kings 10:18-28

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—2 Kings 10:19. But Jehu did it in subtilty—His subterfuge for the destruction of Baal’s priests and votaries must not be regarded as proof of Jehu’s attachment and loyalty to Jehovah, but because he knew these priests and prophets were adherents to Ahab’s dynasty, and would be unfriendly to his own. He used religion for his own guilty ends, as 2 Kings 10:29 proves. 2 Kings 10:22. Vestments for all the worshippers of Baal—These priestly vestments were white robes,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:1-36

Chapter 10Now Ahab who was the husband of this wicked woman Jezebel, who himself was extremely wicked, had seventy sons. Evidently Jezebel wasn't his only wife. Now these sons had grown up in Samaria and in Jezreel. And they had been brought up by the tutors, and they were more or less leaders in these communities. And in his letter he said, "Now you have with you the sons of Jehu. So you anoint whichever one that you want, gather together your men of war, and anoint whichever one you want to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 10:1-36

2 Kings 10:1 . Seventy sons, whose end was destruction, like the sons of Gideon, of Saul, and of David. The sure way to build up a house is equity, not polygamy. Jehu wrote letters. God gave him a high martial spirit to avenge the blood of his saints. Elevation to a great mind inspires dignity of sentiment, and majesty of style. 2 Kings 10:9 . Who slew all these? He was careful to associate the citizens, as well as the soldiers, in the total excision of Ahab’s house. It is rarely wise... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 10:26

2Ki 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. Ver. 26. And they brought forth the images, and burned them. ] So they did here in King Edward VI’s reign; and the same day Musselburgh field in Scotland was won by the English. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 10:26

images: Heb. statues, 1 Kings 14:23, *marg. and burned them: 2 Kings 19:18, 2 Samuel 5:21 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:32 - the house of Baal 2 Kings 3:2 - Baal 2 Kings 11:18 - went 2 Chronicles 28:2 - For he walked 2 Chronicles 34:4 - graves read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 10:26

26. Brought… the images These are supposed to have been wooden statues or pillars consecrated to Baal or some of his associate deities. read more