John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 10:26
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burnt them. Lesser images, the images of other deities, or what were placed as decorations of the temple. read more
2 Kings 10:26 Kjv,asv
John Gill
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:1-28
The revolution initiated by the destruction of Joram and Jezebel is here traced through its second and its third stages. The immediate question, after Joram's death, was—Would any member of his family rise up as a claimant of the throne, and dispute the succession with Jehu? Ahab had seventy male descendants, all of them resident in Samaria: would there be any one among their number bold enough to come forward and assert his hereditary fight? Jehu regarded this as the most pressing and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:1-36
THE REIGN OF JEHU OVER ISRAEL . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:15-28
Destruction of the worshippers of Baal. The plans of Jehu were already assuming larger shape. He had now a scheme in view for rooting Baal entirely out of the land. I. THE MEETING WITH JEHONADAB . 1. A helpful ally . While relying mainly on his own promptitude and energy, Jehu had a shrewd eye to whatever would help to strengthen his position before the people. Hasting to Samaria in his chariot, he met a man of much reputation for sanctity—Jehonadab the son of Rechab. As... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:15-31
The zeal of Jehu, and its lessons. Jehu is now going up to Samaria with the resolve to destroy the prophets of Baal firmly rooted in his heart. On his way he meets Jehonadab the son of Rechab. This Jehonadab was the founder of the Rechabites. It was he who commanded his children to drink no wine, to build no houses, and plant no vineyards, but to live in tents all their days—a command which was so scrupulously obeyed by their descendants that the Lord instructed the Prophet Jeremiah to hold... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:18-28
Jehu destroys the worshippers of Baal, arid puts an end to the Baal-worship. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 10:26
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal ; rather, the pillars (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:23 ). It was a special feature of the Phoenician worship to represent the gods by στῆλαι or κίονες , which appear to have been conical stones, or obelisks, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity. The Phoenicians acknowledged several deities besides Baal, as Ashtoreth, Melkarth, Dagon, Adonis or Tammuz, El, Sadyk, Esmun, and the Kabiri. The "pillars... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 10:26
The images - Or “pillars” of wood. The Phoenician pillar idols were mere columns, obelisks, or posts, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (compare 1 Kings 14:23 note). read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 10:26-27
2 Kings 10:26-27. The images of the house of Baal A collection of different images. The image of Baal The chief image, which they worshipped more than the rest. And brake down the house of Baal As, no doubt, they did the rest of the houses of Baal in Israel. And made it a draught-house A sink or common shore; that the remembrance of it might be blotted out or made infamous. Thus was the worship of Baal quite destroyed, at least for the present, out of Israel, though it had once... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 10:15-28
Jehu, pushing on his work, is here, I. Courting the friendship of a good man, Jehonadab the son of Rechab, 2 Kgs. 10:15, 16. This Jehonadab, though mortified to the world and meddling little with the business of it (as appears by his charge to his posterity, which they religiously observed 300 years after, not to drink wine nor dwell in cities, Jer. 35:6), yet, upon this occasion, went to meet Jehu, that he might encourage him in the work to which God had called him. The countenance of good... read more