2 Kings 10:12

Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

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KJV

And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,

ASV

And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way,

YLT

And he riseth, and cometh in and goeth to Samaria; he is at the shepherds' shearing-house in the way,

DBT

And he rose up and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shepherds' meeting-place on the way,

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To make a clear riddance there of all that belonged to Ahab, as at Jezreel, and abolish idolatry there: and as he was at the shearing house in the way; or, "the house of the binding of the shepherds", who, in shearing their sheep, bind their legs together; the Targum is,"the house of the gathering of the shepherds;''where they used to meet and converse together; with some it is the proper name of a place, Betheked, a country village between Jezreel and Samaria.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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The shearing-house - literally, as in margin. Perhaps already a proper name, Beth-eked, identical with the Beth-akad of Jerome, which is described as between Jezreel and Samaria; but not yet identified.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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