2 Kings 10

2 Kings 10
The pages containing the Books of Kings (1 & 2 Kings) Leningrad Codex (1008 CE).
BookSecond Book of Kings
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part4
CategoryFormer Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part12

2 Kings 10 is the tenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE.[3] This chapter records Jehu's massacres of the sons of Ahab, the kinsmen of Ahaziah the king of Judah and the Baal worshippers linked to Jezebel.[4] The narrative is a part of a major section 2 Kings 9:115:12 covering the period of Jehu's dynasty.[5]

  1. ^ Halley 1965, p. 201.
  2. ^ Collins 2014, p. 286.
  3. ^ McKane 1993, p. 324.
  4. ^ Dietrich 2007, pp. 254–255.
  5. ^ Dietrich 2007, p. 253.

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