2 Kings 10:22
in 2 Kings 10And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
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ASV
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
KJV
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
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This verse in 2 Kings 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHe said unto him that was over the vestry - The word vestry comes from vestiarium, and that from vestes, garments, from vestio, I clothe; and signifies properly the place where the sacerdotal robes and pontifical ornaments are kept. The priests of Baal had their robes as well as the priests of the Lord; but the garments were such that one could be easily distinguished from the other.
This site's exposition
Bring forth vestments for all
on 2 Kings 10:22-24
Jehu orders vestments brought out for every worshipper, a detail that lets Baal's own priests be told apart from any stray servant of the Lord who might slip in among them. The distinction he demands for their safety is the same distinction that will condemn them, since no one wearing that robe leaves the building alive. Eighty men are posted outside on pain of their own lives, so the trap depends on human fear as much as on the crowd's misplaced confidence.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, 'Ahab offered Baal small service; but Jehu will offer much more.' " We need to examine the purpose of words and actions. And this must be done here too. In fact, since he did not …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and themselves perhaps with some badges or other to notify their relation to Baal, for there were vestments for all his worshippers. He took care that none of the servants of the Lord should be among them,
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This treacherous massacre, and the means taken to accomplish it, are paralleled by the slaughter of the Janissaries and other terrible tragedies in the modern history of the East.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The vestry - The sacred robes of the Baal priests seem to have been of linen, and were probably white. The vestry here mentioned may, probably, be the robe-chamber of the royal palace, from which the king gave a festal garment to each worshipper.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ | laasher | to [the one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔ה | hameltachah | the wardrobe | H4458 → | |
| הוֹצֵ֣א | hotze' | bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| לְב֔וּשׁ | levush | clothing | H3830 → | |
| לְכֹ֖ל | lekhol | for all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֹבְדֵ֣י | ʾoedei | [those who] serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| הַבָּ֑עַל | habaal | <of the> Baal | H1168 → | 82 times |
| וַיֹּצֵ֥א | vaiyotze' | and he brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | for them | ||
| הַמַּלְבּֽוּשׁ׃ | hamalbush | the clothing | H4403 → |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לַֽאֲשֶׁר֙to [the one] who
laasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[was] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמֶּלְתָּחָ֔הthe wardrobe
hameltachahH4458 →
הוֹצֵ֣אbring out
hotze'H3318 →1067 times
לְב֔וּשׁclothing
levushH3830 →
לְכֹ֖לfor all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
עֹבְדֵ֣י[those who] serve
ʾoedeiH5647 →288 times
הַבָּ֑עַל<of the> Baal
habaalH1168 →82 times
וַיֹּצֵ֥אand he brought out
vaiyotze'H3318 →1067 times
לָהֶ֖םfor them
lahem
הַמַּלְבּֽוּשׁ׃the clothing
hamalbushH4403 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Exodus 28:2Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
it leads to
- Leviticus 8:30
Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So…
- Exodus 31:10
as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
- Revelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
- Job 40:10
Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
- Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Leviticus 8:30
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, QUESTION 34, ON 2 KINGS.