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2 Kings 10:36

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So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

KJV

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

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This verse in 2 Kings 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
In Samaria - The family of Ahab had made Jezreel a sort of second capital, and had reigned there, at least in part 2 Kings 9:15-30. Jehu and his descendants seem to have fixed their residence wholly in Samaria 2Ki 13:1, 2Ki 13:10; 2Ki 14:23; 2Ki 15:8.

This site's exposition

the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel

on 2 Kings 10:34-36

The closing formula credits Jehu with all his might, worthy of a fuller record, yet the record itself stays thin. Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, among the kings whose house he destroyed, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.

This site's exposition

over Israel in Samaria

Albert Barnes observed that Ahab's family had made Jezreel a second capital and reigned there in part. Jehu and his line kept their court in Samaria alone, as the notices at 2 Kings 13:1, 14:23 and 15:8 record. Jehu reigned there twenty-eight years.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Left none - In that place and kingdom; for he did leave some of the royal seed of Judah. Rechab - A Kenite, 1 Chron. ii, 55, and a man of singular prudence and piety. Coming - To congratulate with him, for the destruction of that wicked family; and to encourage him to proceed in fulfilling the will of God.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Notice is taken, in general, of his might; but, because he took no heed to serve God, the memorials of his mighty enterprises and achievements are justly buried in oblivion.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

5 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.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

And the time that Jehu reigned was twenty and eight years. Which was longer than any king of Israel had reigned.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהַיָּמִ֗יםand the days

    vehaiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מָלַ֤ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • יֵהוּא֙Jehu

    yehu'H3058 →58 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֥ים[were] twenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וּשְׁמֹנֶֽה־and eight

    ushemoneh-H8083 →109 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ פin Samaria

    beshomeronH8111 →109 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 10 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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