2 Kings 10:36
in 2 Kings 10So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
BSB
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
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 might worthy of a fuller record, but the record itself stays thin, a silence Clarke and Henry both read as the price of a reign spent on force without matching devotion. Jehu is buried in Samaria among the very kings whose house he destroyed, and his son Jehoahaz succeeds him without incident. Twenty-eight years on the throne close a chapter that opened with seventy heads in baskets and ends with one king quietly asleep with his fathers.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
on 2 Kings 10:34-36
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.
on 2 Kings 10:34-36
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.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַיָּמִ֗ים | vehaiyamim | and the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָלַ֤ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| יֵהוּא֙ | yehu' | Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | [were] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶֽה־ | ushemoneh- | and eight | H8083 → | 109 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ פ | beshomeron | in Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
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
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Who and where
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.