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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 10:11	King James	So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
So Jehu slew - Rather, "And Jehu slew." The reference is to fresh executions (compare Kg2 10:17). He proceeded on his bloody course, not merely destroying the remainder of the kindred of Ahab, but further putting to death all the most powerful of Ahab's partisans. His priests - Not the Baal priests generally, whose persecution came afterward Kg2 10:19, but only such of them as were attached to the court.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

So Jehu slew - Rather, "And Jehu slew." The reference is to fresh executions (compare Kg2 10:17). He proceeded on his bloody course, not merely destroying the remainder of the kindred of Ahab, but further putting to death all the most powerful of Ahab's partisans.

His priests - Not the Baal priests generally, whose persecution came afterward Kg2 10:19, but only such of them as were attached to the court.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The effect of these words was, that the people looked quietly on when he proceeded to slay all the rest of the house of Ahab, i.e., all the more distant relatives in Jezreel, and "all his great men," i.e., the superior officers of the fallen dynasty, and "all his acquaintances," i.e., friends and adherents, and "all his priests," probably court priest, such as the heathen kings had; not secular counsellors or nearest servants (Thenius), a meaning which כּהנים never has, not even in Sa2 8:18 and Kg1 4:5.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The effect of these words was, that the people looked quietly on when he proceeded to slay all the rest of the house of Ahab, i.e., all the more distant relatives in Jezreel, and "all his great men," i.e., the superior officers of the fallen dynasty, and "all his acquaintances," i.e., friends and adherents, and "all his priests," probably court priest, such as the heathen kings had; not secular counsellors or nearest servants (Thenius), a meaning which כּהנים never has, not even in Sa2 8:18 and Kg1 4:5.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Left none - In that place and kingdom; for he did leave some of the royal seed of Judah.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Left none - In that place and kingdom; for he did leave some of the royal seed of Judah.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Jehu slew all - So it appears that the great men who had so obsequiously taken off the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, fell also a sacrifice to the ambition of this incomparably bad man.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Jehu slew all - So it appears that the great men who had so obsequiously taken off the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, fell also a sacrifice to the ambition of this incomparably bad man.

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