And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jehu sent through all Israel,.... Persons to proclaim this solemn assembly:
and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not; some no doubt came cheerfully,…
Barnes' Notes
In order to understand how such numbers could find room, we must remember that the ancient temples had vast courts around them, which could contain many thousands.
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
And Jehu sent through all Israel Here the LXX. adds the words of the notice; -saying, And now all ye worshippers, and all his priests and all his prophets, let no one be absent, for I am about to make…
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