And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
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Gill's Exposition
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria,.... These might not be all his immediate sons, but some of them his grandsons, as such are sometimes called in Scripture:
and Jehu wrote letters, and sent to…
Barnes' Notes
Seventy sons - i. e., descendants; there were included among them children of Jehoram (2Ki 10:2-3, etc.).
Adam Clarke
Ahab had seventy sons - As he had several wives, he might have many children. The Israelites, from the earliest part of their history, were remarkably fruitful. How amazingly did they multiply in…
We left Jehu in quiet possession of Jezreel, triumphing over Joram and Jezebel; and we must now attend his further motions. He knew the whole house of Ahab must be cut off, and therefore proceeded in…
Cambridge Bible
2Ki 10:1-11. Jehu destroys the whole family of Ahab (Not in Chronicles)
1. And[R.V. Now] Ahab had seventy sons The conjunction is the usual copulative, but it is somewhat in the style of O.T.…
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