2 Kings 10:16-17

“And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.”

"And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah." - 2 Kings 10:16-17
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What does 2 Kings 10:16-17 mean?

2 Kings 10:16-17 (KJV) reads, "And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he…

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A Zeal for the Lord: The Call to Action in Each of Us

The events recounted in 2 Kings 10:16-17 are both striking and sobering. The passage reads: "And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had…

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A Prayer of Zeal and Consecration

O Gracious and Almighty Lord, We come before You today with hearts full of reverence, seeking Your presence and understanding of the zeal it takes to walk in Your ways. As we reflect on the powerful words from 2 Kings 10:16-17, we are reminded of how Jehu proclaimed, "Come with…

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2 Kings 10:16-17 - "And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke to Elijah."
2 Kings 10:16 - "And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot."
2 Kings 17:10 - "And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:"
"And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot." - 2 Kings 10:16
2 Kings 17:16 - "And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal."
1 Kings 10:16 - "¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target."
2 Kings 16:17 - "¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones."
2 Kings 16:10 - "¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof."
2 Kings 10:17 - "And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah."
2 Kings 17:2 - "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him."
Joshua 10:16 - "But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah."
Joshua 10:17 - "And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah."
1 Kings 16:17 - "And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah."
2 Kings 19:17 - "Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,"
2 Kings 16:16 - "Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded."
"And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:" - 2 Kings 17:10
2 Kings 3:16-19
2 Kings 16:19 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
1 Kings 17:16 - "And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah."
1 Kings 17:2 - "And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,"
2 Kings 17:2 - "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him."
2 Kings 17:40 - "Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner."
1 Kings 16:10 - "And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead."
2 Kings 14:16 - "And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead."
Revelation 17:10 - "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space."
2 Kings 3:10 - "And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"
"But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah." - Joshua 10:16
2 Kings 17:8 - "And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made."
2 Kings 21:17 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"