2 Kings 10 · Verse 36

2 Kings 10:36

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
2 Kings 10:36, King James Version

2 Kings 10:36 in other translations

BSBSo the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
WEBThe time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
ASVAnd the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
YLTAnd the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel are twenty and eight years, in Samaria.
DARBYNow the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
BBEAnd the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
WebsterAnd the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

What does 2 Kings 10:36 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 10:29-36

It is justly questionable whether Jehu acted from a good principle, and whether he did not take some false steps in doing it; yet no services done for God shall go unrewarded. But true conversion is not only from gross sin, but from all sin; not only from false gods, but from false worships. True conversion is not only from wasteful sins, but from gainful sins; not only from sins which hurt our worldly interests…

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2 Kings 10:36 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.

וְהַיָּמִ֗יםve.hai.ya.Mimand the daysH3117
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
מָלַ֤ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
יֵהוּא֙ye.Hu'JehuH3058
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rim[were] twentyH6242
וּשְׁמֹנֶֽה\־u.she.mo.neh-and eightH8083
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן\׃\ \פbe.sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111

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

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the time. Heb. the days were.
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Context

  • 2 Kings 10:35

    And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Kings 10:36

    And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

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2 Kings 10:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El tiempo que reinó Jehú sobre Israel en Samaria, fué veintiocho años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les jours que Jéhu régna sur Israël à Samarie furent 28 ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Tage aber, die Jehu über Israel zu Samaria regierte, waren 28 Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies autem quos regnavit Jehu super Israël, viginti et octo anni sunt in Samaria.