Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 10:13
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
13. the brethren of Ahaziah ] And so part of Ahab’s kinsfolk, of whom Jehu was commissioned to leave none remaining.
the children of the king ] i.e. Of Joram. They manifestly knew nothing of what had happened in the last few days in Jezreel.
the children of the queen ] The original is the word employed elsewhere for the ‘queen-mother’. Cf. 1Ki 15:13. So here the word must have reference to Jezebel, whose influence in Israel was very great. The LXX. notes the word by rendering it .
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The brethren of Ahaziah – Not the actual brothers of Ahaziah, who had all been slain by the Arabs before his accession to the throne 2Ch 21:17; 2Ch 22:1; but his nephews, the sons of his brothers (marginal reference). It is remarkable that they should have penetrated so far into the kingdom of Israel without having heard of the revolution.
The children of the king … – i. e. the sons of Jehoram, and the children (sons and grandsons) of the queen-mother, Jezebel. Some of both may well have been at Jezreel, though the younger branches of the royal family were at Samaria 2Ki 10:1.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. The brethren of Ahaziah] The relatives of his family; for it does not appear that he had any brethren, properly so called: but we know that the term brethren among the Jews signified the relatives of the same family, and especially brothers’ and sisters’ children: and that these-were such, see 2Ch 22:8.
We go down to salute, &c.] So promptly had Jehu executed all his measures, that even the nearest relatives of the murdered kings had not heard of their death, and consequently had no time to escape. They were all taken as in a net.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The brethren; not strictly so, for they were killed before this, 2Ch 21:17; but his brethrens sons, as they are called, 2Ch 22:8, or others of his near kinsmen, such being oft called brethren in Scripture; as Gen 13:8.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13, 14. We are the brethren ofAhaziahthat is, not full, but step-brothers, sons of Jehoramby various concubines. Ignorant of the revolution that had takenplace, they were travelling to Samaria on a visit to their royalrelatives of Israel, when they were seized and put to death, becauseof the apprehension that they might probably stimulate and strengthenthe party that still remained faithful in their allegiance to Ahab’sdynasty.
children of the queenthatis, of the queen mother, or regent, Jezebel.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah,…. At the above place; these were the sons of his brethren, called his brethren, as Lot was called Abraham’s brother, being his brother’s son; for as for his brethren, they had been slain by the Arabians before he was made king, 2Ch 22:1,
and said, who are ye? though perhaps he knew who they were:
and they answered, we are the brethren of Ahaziah; the sons of his brethren:
and we go down to salute the children of the king, and the children of the queen; meaning either the children of Ahab and Jezebel, or of Joram and his queen; for they knew nothing of the death of Joram and Jezebel, and the revolution made in the kingdom, and therefore with great simplicity tell who they were, and where they were going, and on what account.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) Jehu met with.Literally, And Jehu found.
The brethren of Ahaziah king of Judahi.e., Ahaziahs kinsmen. His brothers, in the strict sense of the word, were slain by a troop of Arabs, in the lifetime of his father Jehoram (2Ch. 21:17; 2Ch. 22:1). (See the Notes on 2Ch. 22:8.)
We go down.Rather, we have come down.
To salutei.e., to inquire after their health, to visit them.
The children of the kingi.e., the sons of Joram.
The children of the queen.Literally, the sons of the mistress (gebrah)i.e., the sons of the queen-mother, Jezebel, and so Jorams brothers. Both these and the former are included in the sons of Ahab whom Jehu slew.
The news of the taking of Ramoth, and of Jorams convalescence, may have reached Jerusalem, and induced these princes to make a visit of pleasure to the court of Jezreel, not suspecting the events which had meanwhile happened with the headlong rapidity characteristic of Jehus action.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
Ver. 13. And Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah. ] That is, his nephews and near kindred: for his brethren were all carried away by the Arabians. 2Ch 21:17
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
brethren. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part) for near relatives. Compare 2Ch 22:8, where we have “sons of the brethren”.
children = sons.
the king = Joram.
the queen = Jezebel, the queen-mother.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
met with: Heb. found
the brethren: 2Ki 8:24, 2Ki 8:29, 2Ki 9:21-27, 2Ch 21:17, 2Ch 22:1-10
salute: Heb. the peace of, etc
Reciprocal: 2Ki 10:15 – lighted on 2Ch 22:6 – to see Jehoram Psa 109:14 – let not Jer 41:5 – came Act 25:13 – unto