Ahab's House is Judged. II Kings 10

 

II Kings 10. Ahab’s House is Judged.

 

Jehu is giving the sons of Ahab the privilege of fighting for the throne of Israel. Not one of the seventy sons was willing to tackle Jehu.

Then the elders of Israel – to save their own necks, prove their allegiance to Jehu by slaying these seventy sons of Ahab.

After dealing with the house of Ahab, Jehu was on his way to assume the throne in Samaria. He met forty-two sons of Ahaziah, the king of Judah. He killed them also, however, one of them was spared, and he was a descendant of the house of Saul.

Jehu, then met Johanandab, the Rechabite. Apparently, he heartily approved of Jehu’s anti-Ahab policy and was willing to lend his support by being seen in Jehu’s chariot.

The next thing Jehu did was to bring together the prophets of Baal by issuing a false statement that he would offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Jehu had no intention of worshiping Baal. When all the prophets came together, he killed them.

Jehu did not turn to the prophets of God, instead he went back to the calf worship that Jeroboam had established. That came out of the land of Egypt. Jehu did not turn to the Lord, but because he was zealous for the Lord, God extended the reign of his house for four generations.

Although Jehu was a very brutal man, God makes the wrath of man to praise Him!

Jehu had been king of Israel for twenty-eight years and then he died.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.