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2 Kings 10:28

10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

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Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. ¶

10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

What does 2 Kings 10:28 mean?

2 Kings 10:28 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יֵהוּא (Yêhûwʼ), שָׁמַד (shâmad), בַּעַל (Baʻal). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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JehuיֵהוּאYêhûwʼ/yay-hoo'/H3058Jehu, the name of five Israelites
destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad/shaw-mad'/H8045to desolate
BaalבַּעַלBaʻal/bah'-al/H1168Baal, a Phoenician deity
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of
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Commentary on 2 Kings 10:28

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 10:28
Two more of Elisha's miracles are recorded in this chapter. I. The cleansing of Naaman, a Syrian, a stranger, from his leprosy, and there, 1. The badness of his case, ver. 1 . 2. The providence that brought him to Elisha, the intelligence given him by a captive maid, ver. 2-4 . A letter from the king of Syria to the king of Israel, to introduce him, ver. 5-7 . And the invitation Elisha sent him, ver. 8 . 3. The method prescribed for his cure, his submission, with much ado, to that method, and his cure thereby, ver. 9-14 . 4. The grateful acknowledgments he made to Elisha hereupon, ver. 15-19 . II. The smiting of Gehazi, his own servant, with that leprosy. 1. Gehazi's sins, which were belying his master to Naaman ( ver. 20-24 ), and lying to his master when he examined him, ver. 25 . 2. His punishment for these sins. Naaman's leprosy was entailed on his family, ver. 26, 27 . And, if Naaman's cure was typical of the calling of the Gentiles, as our Saviour seems to make it ( Luke iv. 27 ), Gehazi's stroke may be looked upon as typical of the blinding and rejecting of the Jews, who envied God's grace to the Gentiles, as Gehazi envied Elisha's favour to Naaman.

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Judges 9:34

And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

1 Samuel 13:17

And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

1 Samuel 13:18

And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

2 Kings 6:23

And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

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2 Kings 10:18

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

2 Kings 10:19

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

2 Kings 10:20

And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify

2 Kings 10:21

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. full: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth

2 Kings 10:23

And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

2 Kings 10:25

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. the edge: Heb. the mouth

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What does 2 Kings 10:28 say?

2 Kings 10:28 (King James Version) reads: "Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel."

Is 2 Kings 10:28 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Kings 10:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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