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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 10:5 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Ki 10:5 |
Strong Concordance |
And he that was over the house [01004], and he that was over the city [05892], the elders [02205] also, and the bringers up [0539] of the children, sent [07971] to Jehu [03058], saying [0559], We are thy servants [05650], and will do [06213] all that thou shalt bid [0559] us; we will not make any [0376] king [04427]: do [06213] thou that which is good [02896] in thine eyes [05869]. |
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King James |
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he that was over the house--the governor or chamberlain of the palace.
the bringers-up of the children--Anciently, and still also in many Eastern countries, the principal grandees were charged with the support and education of the royal princes. This involved a heavy expense which they were forced to bear, but for which they endeavored to find some compensation in the advantages of their connection with the court. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The officer who had the charge of the place (Kg1 4:6 note) and the governor of the town (Kg1 22:26 note) seem to correspond to the "rulers" of Kg2 10:1. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
The house - The chief governor of the kings palace. City - The chief magistrate or military governor. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He that was over the house, etc. - Thus all the constituted authorities agreed to submit.
Will do all that thou shalt bid us - They made no conditions, and stood pledged to commit the horrid murders which this most execrable man afterwards commanded. |
1 And Ahab [0256] had seventy [07657] sons [01121] in Samaria [08111]. And Jehu [03058] wrote [03789] letters [05612], and sent [07971] to Samaria [08111], unto the rulers [08269] of Jezreel [03157], to the elders [02205], and to them that brought up [0539] Ahab's [0256] children, saying [0559],
26 And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Take [03947] Micaiah [04321], and carry him back [07725] unto Amon [0526] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], and to Joash [03101] the king's [04428] son [01121];
6 And Ahishar [0301] was over the household [01004]: and Adoniram [0141] the son [01121] of Abda [05653] was over the tribute [04522].