2 Kings 10

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 10:5 And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up [the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 1
  • 10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. 1
  • 10:15 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. 1
  • 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is not sufficient to determine whether they have any gracious affections or no cites 2 Kings 10:16

    …, and particularly many of John the Baptist's hearers, John 5:35. So of zeal, as in Jehu, 2 Kings 10:16, and in Paul before his conversion, Gal. 1:14, Phil. 3:6, and the unbelieving Jews, Acts …

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Catholic Spirit cites 2 Kings 10:15

    …my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered: It is. If it be, give me thine hand.” 2 Kings 10:15. 1. It is allowed even by those who do not pay this great debt, that love is due to all m…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites 2 Kings 10: 7

    …he kingdom, and were all beheaded. ‘They took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons.’ 2 Kings 10: 7. Here God visited the iniquity of the father upon the children. As a son catches an hered…

  4. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    July cites 2 Kings x. 5

    …Cleanse thou me from secret faults.”—Mark Guy Pearse. July 25 Do thou that which is good. 2 Kings x. 5. Keep as few good intentions hovering about as possible. They are like ghosts haunting a …