# Where they uſed to ſhear Seep, and then to Feaſt after their manner, 1 Sam: 25: 36. 2 Sam*13:23- Or, this may be the name of a place, Beth-hek-d of the jb pheras : or, Bethaheked-robim.
13 Jehu + mer with the brethren * of Ahaziah king
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falute the children of the king, and the children of the queen.
x Not ſtrifly ſo, for they were killed before this, 2 Chron;21: 19. but his brethrens ſons, as they are called, 2 Chron: 22: 8. or others of his near kinſmen, ſuch being oft called brethren in Scripture: as Getl
13: 8, 14 And he ſaid, Take them alive. And they took
them alive, and flew them y at the pit of the ſhearing-
of them.
» Partly,in compliance with Gods Command, chap. 9. 8. for theſe were of the Houte of Ahab by the M«ther-lide Chap. 8. 18. and partly thar they might neither claim the Kingdom of 1ſ-ael in right of their Grandmother ; as they might well have done,if God had not given it to Jehwu 3 nor revenge the Deaths of their near Rela- tions. z Whrere he intended to Bury them.
right, as my heart is with thy heart 4? And Jehonadab anſwered, It is. If it be,give me thine hand e. And he gavehimhis hand:&he took him up to himin the chariot.
s A Kenite, i Chron.2.55. and a man of fingular Prudence and Pi« ety ; as appears from this Hiſtory,and from fjer.35-6. b To congra- tujate with him,for the deſtruCtic n of that wicked Family; and to encourage,and adviſe him to proceed in fulfilling the Will of God revealed ro him. c Jehu ſaluted Jehonadab. d Doſt thou heartily approve of,and affe& me,and my preſent Proceedings,as my Heart d-th as ſincerely cleave to thee,as thine own heart doth?e As a ſign of friendſhip and conſent. See Gal. 2. 9. Theſe may be the words, either, 1- Of Jehu 3 and ſo here is an Eliplis, If #t be : for, And Je- hu ſaid, If it be. Comp. 1. K ng. 20.34. Or, 2 Of Jehonadab, who having laid, It is. adds, 1f it be, i e. If thine heart be with mine, as thou ſayſt it is, give we thine hard, Bur this the Eliplis is larger than the former. And it ſeems not ſo decent and proper for ſe- honadab a Stranger and Subje&, to ſpeak thus to the King, as for the King to ſay ſo to him.
16 And he ſaid, Come with me,and ſee my zeal for the LORD Ff. So they g made him ride in his chariot- f 7.e. For the Vindication of his Honour and Quarrel,and for the Execution of his Commands. Do not believe my Words, but mine Attions,which thine eyes thall behold. g 7. e. Jehu's Servants open- ed the duor of his Chariot, and lift up Jehonadab into it.
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þ Either all his Houſhold : or rather, all his Kindred,and Relati- ons, though more remote from him» |
18 And Jehu gathered all che people together z,and ſaid unto them, Ahab ſerved Baal a little, bat Jehu ſhall ſerve him much &.
; By their Repreſentatives,their Elders or Rulers, as was uſual : to whom he'1mparts his mind : and they being generally Corrupr, and Time-ſervers,& ſuch as had no ſence of Religion in them,durſc not oppoſe his Reſolution, bur ſeemed to comply with it. & As if he had ſaid, My quarrel is only with A4babs Family, and not with Baal ; which my attions ſhall. manifeſt. Which words being mani- feſtly falſe, and ſpoken with a deſign to deceive, cannot be excuſed from Sin, though they were uftered with a pious intenti= on ; this being an unmoveable Principle, That we mult not 4s the
then preſent, whom he clears fiom all vlame, and to whom he ap- Peals as Witneſſes. between him and thele perions, ro Know now,chat tacre thail fall unto the earth no-
thing of the word of the LOKD, wtuch the LORD
leaſt Evil of Sin. that the greateſt good may come, Rom. 3. 8 And if Jehonadab did concur with Jehu herein,it was a humane Infirmiry. 19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Ba-
al, all his ſervants Zand all his prieſts,let none be want-
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houſe z, ever two and forty men ; neither left he any
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-hap. X- ing : for T have a great ſoever ſhall be wanting, 7 in ſubrility », to the intent that worſhippers of Baal. 7 Fither, 1. All his Miniſters: of whom there may ſeem to have been ſeveral ſorts, whereof rwo are here diſtinctly mentioned, #4 Prophets and Prieſts;and the reſt of the Inferior ſort,may be compre- hended under this generalTitle of Servants, becauſe they were tO At- tend upon the others in their Sacred Miniſtrations. And theſe being once deſtroyed, Jehu rightly concluded.that the reſt would fall of courſe. And this ſence may ſeem to be favoured by ver.22 wherein Veftments were brought forth for a/ theſe Worſb pprrs of Baal ; which werenot commonly uſed by thePeople,in theW orſhip eitherotGod,
_ EW Houſe: Or,becauſe having been taken in the very aft > Xe” olatry, their Deftruction was more juſt and eatbacble. OY the Shay Men, and their Cſhicers. 6 7, e. Caſt their © putt ho wo City : Bur that was not proper Work for the
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