And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jehu said, proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal,.... Such as with the Jews was an holy convocation, when they were forbidden and restrained from doing any work on that day; and such a day Jehu…
Barnes' Notes
A solemn assembly - Jehu applies to his proposed gathering the sacred name assigned in the Law to the chiefest festivals of Yahweh (see Lev 23:36; Num 29:35; Deu 16:8).
Jehu, pushing on his work, is here,
I. Courting the friendship of a good man, Jehonadab the son of Rechab, Kg2 10:15, Kg2 10:16. This Jehonadab, though mortified to the world and meddling little with…
Cambridge Bible
Proclaim[R.V. Sanctify] a solemn assembly The verb is not the same which is correctly rendered -they proclaimed" in the next clause. It is constantly rendered -Sanctify" elsewhere. Cf. Exo 13:12; Jos…