2 Kings 10 · Verse 9

2 Kings 10:9

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?
2 Kings 10:9, King James Version

2 Kings 10:9 in other translations

BSBThe next morning, Jehu went out and 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?
WEBIn the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
ASVAnd it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?
YLTAnd it cometh to pass in the morning, that he goeth out, and standeth, and saith unto all the people, ‘Righteous are ye; lo, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him--and who smote all these?
DARBYAnd it came to pass in the morning that he went out; and he stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous! behold, I conspired against my master and killed him; but who smote all these?
BBEAnd in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?
WebsterAnd it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

What does 2 Kings 10:9 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 a similar revolting tragedy which was soon after perpetrated, namely, the extinction of all the influential friends and supporters of the dynasty of Ahab, including those of the royal house of Judah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Ye 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.

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 10:9 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.

וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙va.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֔דvai.ya.'a.Modand he stoodH5975
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
צַדִּקִ֖יםtza.di.Kim[are] righteousH6662
אַתֶּ֑ם'a.TemyouH859
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009
אֲנִ֜י'a.NiIH589
קָשַׁ֤רְתִּיka.Shar.tiI conspiredH7194
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אֲדֹנִי֙'a.do.Nimaster myH113
וָאֶהְרְגֵ֔הוּva.'eh.re.Ge.huand I killed himH2026
וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?H4310
הִכָּ֖הhi.Kahdid he strike downH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵֽלֶּה\׃'E.lehtheseH428

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Cross references for 2 Kings 10:9

  • 2 Kings 9:14-24

    So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth–gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? …

  • Hosea 1:4

    And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

  • Isaiah 5:3

    And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

  • 1 Samuel 12:3

    Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ye be righteous.
1Sa 12:3; Isa 5:3
I conspired.
9:14-24; Ho 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 10:8

    And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

  • 2 Kings 10:9

    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?

  • 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.

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2 Kings 10:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Venida la mañana, salió él, y estando en pie dijo á todo el pueblo: Vosotros sois justos: he aquí yo he conspirado contra mi señor, y lo he muerto: ¿mas quién ha muerto á todos estos?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, le matin, il sortit, et se tint là, et dit à tout le peuple: Vous êtes justes: voici, j’ai conspiré contre mon seigneur et je l’ai tué; mais qui a frappé tous ceux-ci?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah am Morgen, da ging er hinaus und trat hin und sprach zu dem ganzen Volke: Ihr seid gerecht! Siehe, ich habe eine Verschwörung wider meinen Herrn gemacht und habe ihn ermordet; wer aber hat alle diese erschlagen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque diluxisset, egressus est, et stans dixit ad omnem populum: Justi estis: si ego conjuravi contra dominum meum et interfeci eum, quis percussit omnes hos?