2 Kings 10 · Verse 11

2 Kings 10:11

So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
2 Kings 10:11, King James Version

2 Kings 10:11 in other translations

BSBSo Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
WEBSo Jehu struck all that remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
ASVSo Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
YLTAnd Jehu smiteth all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, till he hath not left to him a remnant.
DARBYAnd Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jizreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
BBESo Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.
WebsterSo Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsmen, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

What does 2 Kings 10:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 10:9-11

9-11. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Jehu slew all - So it appears that the great men who had so obsequiously taken off the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, fell also a sacrifice to the ambition of this incomparably bad man.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 10:1-14

In the most awful events, though attended by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God are to be noticed; and he never did nor can command any thing unjust or unreasonable. Jehu destroyed all that remained of the house of Ahab; all who had been partners in his wickedness. When we think upon the sufferings and miseries of mankind, when we look forward to the resurrection and last judgment, and think upon…

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2 Kings 10:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֣ךְvai.Yakhand he struck downH5221
יֵה֗וּאye.Hu'JehuH3058
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֤יםha.nish.'a.Rimthose [who] remainedH7604
לְבֵית\־le.veit-of [the] house ofH1004
אַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvAhabH256
בְּיִזְרְעֶ֔אלbe.yiz.re.'Elin JezreelH3157
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
גְּדֹלָ֖יוge.do.Lavgreat [men] hisH1419
וּמְיֻדָּעָ֣יוu.me.yu.da.'Avand acquaintances hisH3045
וְכֹהֲנָ֑יוve.kho.ha.Navand priests hisH3548
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
בִּלְתִּ֥יbil.TinotH1115
הִשְׁאִֽיר\־hish.'ir-he had leftH7604
ל֖וֹloto him
שָׂרִֽיד\׃sa.Rida survivorH8300

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 10:11

  • Job 18:19

    He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

  • Psalms 109:13

    Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

  • 1 Kings 16:11

    And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

  • 1 Kings 21:22

    And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 22:6

    Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Revelation 19:20

    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

  • 1 Kings 18:19

    Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.

  • Joshua 10:30

    And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

  • 1 Kings 18:40

    And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • 2 Kings 23:20

    And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and.
Ps 125:5; Pr 13:20
kinsfolks. or, acquaintance. his priests.
23:20; 1Ki 18:19,40; 22:6; Re 19:20; 20:10
he left.
Jos 10:30; 11:8; 1Ki 14:10; 15:29; 16:11; 21:22; Job 18:19
Ps 109:13; Isa 14:21,22

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Context

  • 2 Kings 10:10

    Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

  • 2 Kings 10:11

    So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

  • 2 Kings 10:12

    And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,

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2 Kings 10:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mató entonces Jehú á todos los que habían quedado de la casa de Achâb en Jezreel, y á todos sus príncipes, y á todos sus familiares, y á sus sacerdotes, que no le quedó ninguno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jéhu frappa tous ceux qui restaient de la maison d’Achab à Jizreël, et tous ses grands, et tous ceux qui étaient de sa connaissance, et ses sacrificateurs, jusqu’à ne pas lui laisser un réchappé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehu erschlug alle, welche vom Hause Ahabs in Jisreel übriggeblieben waren, und alle seine Großen und seine Bekannten und seine Priester, bis er ihm keinen Entronnenen übrigließ.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Percussit igitur Jehu omnes qui reliqui erant de domo Achab in Jezrahel, et universos optimates ejus, et notos, et sacerdotes, donec non remanerent ex eo reliquiæ.