2 Kings 10:21 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 10:21

Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.

KJV

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In order to understand how such numbers could find room, we must remember that the ancient temples had vast courts around them, which could contain many thousands.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
יֵהוּא֙	ye.Hu'	Jehu	H3058 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֹבְדֵ֣י	'oe.Dei	[those who] serve	H5647 →
הַבַּ֔עַל	ha.Ba.'al	<of the> Baal	H1168 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
נִשְׁאַ֥ר	nish.'Ar	he was left	H7604 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	anyone	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
בָ֑א	Va'	he came	H935 →
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַבַּ֔עַל	ha.Ba.'al	<the> Baal	H1168 →
וַיִּמָּלֵ֥א	vai.yi.ma.Le'	and it was filled	H4390 →
בֵית־	veit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַבַּ֖עַל	ha.Ba.'al	<the> Baal	H1168 →
פֶּ֥ה	peh	mouth	H6310 →
לָפֶֽה׃	la.Peh	to mouth	H6310 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 16:16
And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
leads to
- Zechariah 12:11
  On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
- Judges 5:19
  Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- Joel 3:9–14
  Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Through
Judges 16:27
Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 22:8
  If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
Through
2 Kings 11:18
So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:3
  Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
- 2 Kings 18:4
  He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites…
- 1 Kings 18:40
  Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
- 2 Kings 10:26
  They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.