2 Kings 10:9

2 Kings 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
• New International Version (NIV)The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these?
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it was, in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Indeed I conspired against my master and killed him; but who killed all these?

Context of 2 Kings 10:9

7When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all seventy, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. 8When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” the king said, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate until morning.” The next morning when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all these? 10Know, then, that not a word the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab will fail, for the Lord has done what he promised through his servant Elijah.” 11So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel — all his great men, close friends, and priests — leaving him no survivors.

2 Kings 10:9 word by word

וַיְהִ֤י בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ וַיֵּצֵ֣א וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔ד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֔ם צַדִּקִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם הִנֵּ֨ה אֲנִ֜י קָשַׁ֤רְתִּי עַל־אֲדֹנִי֙ וָאֶהְרְגֵ֔הוּ וּמִ֥י הִכָּ֖ה אֶת־כָּל־אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• that he went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• behold, I conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• against my masterאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• and slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• him: but who slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221

Cross-references for 2 Kings 10:9

• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”
• Isaiah 5:3So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
• 2 Kings 9:14Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Joram and all Israel had been at Ramoth-gilead on guard against King Hazael of Aram.
• Hosea 1:4Then the Lord said to him: Name him Jezreel, for in a little while I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 10:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Ye be righteous - Another irony, intended partly to excuse himself, and to involve them in the odium of this massacre, and at the same time to justify the conduct of both, by showing that all was done according to the commandment of the Lord.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Ye be righteous - i. e., “Ye are just, and can judge aright.” Jehu unfairly keeps back the fact that he had commanded the execution.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10But who killed all these?: Jehu said that the Lord wanted these events to happen, as communicated through Elijah (1 Kings 19:16–17; 21:21224).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. said to all the people, Ye be righteous, &c.--A great concourse was assembled to gaze on this novel and ghastly spectacle. The speech which Jehu addressed to the spectators was artfully framed to impress their minds with the idea that so wholesale a massacre was the result of the divine judgments denounced on the house of Ahab; and the effect of it was to prepare the public mind for hearing, without horror, of a similar revolting tragedy which was…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 10:9

• Enthusiasm
• Homicide
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In the dictionaries

• Jezreel
• Elijah
• Elisha
• Fact
• Hazael
• Jehonadab
• Jehu

Commentaries on 2 Kings 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings