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2 Kings 10:15

in 2 Kings 10

When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

KJV

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

This verse in 2 Kings 10

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Jehonadab (compare the margin) belonged to the tribe of the Kenites, one of the most ancient in Palestine Gen 15:19. Their origin is unknown, but their habits were certainly those of Arahs. Owing to their connection with Moses (Num 24:21 note), they formed a friendship with the Israelites, accompanied them in their wanderings, and finally receivcd a location in the wilderness of Judah Jdg 1:16. The character of this chief, Jonadab, is best seen in the rule which he established for his descendants Jer 35:6-7 - a rule said to be still observed at the present day.

This site's exposition

Is thine heart right, as my heart

on 2 Kings 10:15-16

Jehonadab son of Rechab, whose descendants' unbroken obedience to their father's vow of tent life and abstinence is later held up by Jeremiah 35 against all of unfaithful Judah, is met and taken up into Jehu's own chariot. The handshake and the question, is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart, join a violent reformer to a man whose piety needed no reforming at all. Jehonadab's presence in the chariot lends Jehu's coming purge a witness of undisputed integrity.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

QUESTION 33, ON 2 KINGS · Written before 458.

proposed

This was also a pious man, and a relative of his. Indeed, his family constantly lived in tents and kept away from drunkenness. The prophet Jeremiah mentions them with praise, and history shows their piety. Therefore king Jehu, as soon as he saw him, blessed …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Am I sincere and inward with God?" Jehonadab gave him his word ( It is ), and gave him his hand as a pledge of his heart, yielded to him (so giving the hand is rendered, 2 Chron. xxx. 8 ), concurred and covenanted with him, and owned him in the work both of revenge and of reformation he was now about.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes

And when he was departed thence,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jehonadab the son of Rechab--(See 1Ch 2:55). A person who, from his piety and simple primitive manner of life (Jer 35:1-19), was highly esteemed, and possessed great influence in the country.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Jehonadab the son of Rechab - For particulars concerning this man, his ancestry, and posterity, see the notes on Jeremiah 35 (note). Is thine heart right - With me, in the prosecution of a reform in Israel; as my heart is with thy heart in the true religion of Jehovah, and the destruction of Baal? It is - I wish a reform in the religion of the country; I am his friend who shall endeavor to promote it. Give me thine hand - This has been generally considered as exacting a promise from Jehonadab; but does it mean any more than his taking him by the hand, to help him to step into his chariot, in which Jehu was then sitting? Jehonadab was doubtless a very honorable man in Israel; and by carrying him about with him in his chariot, Jehu endeavored to acquire the public esteem. “Jehu must be acting right, for Jehonadab is with him, and approves his conduct.”

The words behind it

32 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.

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH19801546 times

  • מִשָּׁ֡םfrom there

    mishamH8033834 times

  • וַיִּמְצָ֣אand he found

    vaiyimtza'H4672455 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יְהוֹנָדָב֩Jonadab

    yehonadavH30828 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • רֵכָ֨בRechab

    rekhavH7394

  • לִקְרָאת֜וֹto meet him

    likratoH7122139 times

  • וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֗הוּand he blessed him

    vayvarekhehuH1288330 times

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • אֵלָ֜יוto him

    ʾelavH4135510 times

  • הֲיֵ֧שׁ¿ [is] there

    hayeshH3426140 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854929 times

  • לְבָבְךָ֣heart your

    levavekhaH3824252 times

  • יָשָׁ֗רright

    yasharH3477119 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as

    kaasherH8345497 times

  • לְבָבִי֙heart my

    levaviH3824252 times

  • עִם־[is] with

    ʾim-H59731050 times

  • לְבָבֶ֔ךָheart your

    levavekhaH3824252 times

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • יְהוֹנָדָ֥בJonadab

    yehonadavH30828 times

  • יֵ֛שׁthere is

    yeshH3426140 times

  • וָיֵ֖שׁand there is

    vayeshH3426140 times

  • תְּנָ֣הgive !

    tenahH54142011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • יָדֶ֑ךָhand your

    yadekhaH30271618 times

  • וַיִּתֵּ֣ןand he gave

    vaiyitenH54142011 times

  • יָד֔וֹhand his

    yadoH30271618 times

  • וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּand he took up him

    vaiyaalehuH5927890 times

  • אֵלָ֖יוto himself

    ʾelavH4135510 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הַמֶּרְכָּבָֽה׃the chariot

    hamerkavahH481844 times

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

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Ezekiel 17:18

    He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 29:24

      All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 30:8

      Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Galatians 4:12

    I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 2:5

      Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

    • 1 Kings 22:4

      So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:55

    Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of…

    it leads to

    • Judges 1:16

      Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…

    • Judges 4:11

      Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

    • Jeremiah 35:2–8

      “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”

  • Through

    Ezra 10:19

    Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 6:6

      Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, QUESTION 33, ON 2 KINGS.