2 Kings 10:13
in 2 Kings 10Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
KJV
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
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This verse in 2 Kings 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The brethren of Ahaziah - Not the actual brothers of Ahaziah, who had all been slain by the Arabs before his accession to the throne 2Ch 21:17; 2Ch 22:1; but his nephews, the sons of his brothers (marginal reference). It is remarkable that they should have penetrated so far into the kingdom of Israel without having heard of the revolution.
This site's exposition
at the shearing house in the way
on 2 Kings 10:12-14
On the road to Samaria, at a place named for shepherds binding their flocks to shear them, Jehu meets forty-two kinsmen of Ahaziah of Judah traveling north in ignorance of the revolution. He takes them alive and kills every one at the pit of the shearing house, a slaughter that reaches south into David's own line even though Ahaziah himself had already died at Jehu's hand. The same totality appears again when Athaliah moves against Judah's own royal line at chapter eleven, a crime this chapter's slaughter of Ahaziah's kinsmen already anticipates.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The brethren of Ahaziah - The relatives of his family; for it does not appear that he had any brethren, properly so called: but we know that the term brethren among the Jews signified the relatives of the same family, and especially brothers’ and sisters’ children: and that these were such, see 2Ch 22:8. We go down to salute, etc. - So promptly had Jehu executed all his measures, that even the nearest relatives of the murdered kings had not heard of their death, and consequently had no time to escape. They were all taken as in a net.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the queen’s sons. Ezevel. 6 They were unaware that Yeihu killed Yehorom, otherwise they would have fled.—Radak
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיֵה֗וּא | veyehu' | and Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| מָצָא֙ | matza' | he found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲחֵי֙ | ʾachei | [the] brothers of | H251 → | 630 times |
| אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ | ʾachazyahu | Ahaziah | H274 → | 37 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מִ֣י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| אַתֶּ֑ם | ʾatem | [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲחֵ֤י | ʾachei | [are] [the] brothers of | H251 → | 630 times |
| אֲחַזְיָ֙הוּ֙ | ʾachazyahu | Ahaziah | H274 → | 37 times |
| אֲנַ֔חְנוּ | ʾanachnu | we | H587 → | 120 times |
| וַנֵּ֛רֶד | vanered | and we have come down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| לִשְׁל֥וֹם | lishlom | for [the] peace of | H7965 → | 236 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַגְּבִירָֽה׃ | hagevirah | the queen-mother | H1377 → |
וְיֵה֗וּאand Jehu
veyehu'H3058 →58 times
מָצָא֙he found
matza'H4672 →455 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲחֵי֙[the] brothers of
ʾacheiH251 →630 times
אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּAhaziah
ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֔הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מִ֣יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
אַתֶּ֑ם[are] you
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
אֲחֵ֤י[are] [the] brothers of
ʾacheiH251 →630 times
אֲחַזְיָ֙הוּ֙Ahaziah
ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times
אֲנַ֔חְנוּwe
ʾanachnuH587 →120 times
וַנֵּ֛רֶדand we have come down
vaneredH3381 →381 times
לִשְׁל֥וֹםfor [the] peace of
lishlomH7965 →236 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
הַגְּבִירָֽה׃the queen-mother
hagevirahH1377 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 21:17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Through
2 Kings 8:24And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6
so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
- 2 Chronicles 21:1
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:20
And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
Through
2 Kings 8:29So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 9:15–16
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders…
- 2 Kings 8:28
Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
- 2 Kings 9:15–16
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonDivided kingdomJehuThe furious-driving commander anointed at Elisha's order who purged the house of Ahab and Baal from Israel — zealous for the LORD,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.
