The Meaning of 2 Kings 10:24 Explained

2 Kings 10:24

KJV: And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

YLT: And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, 'The man who letteth escape any of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand -- his soul for his soul.'

Darby: And they entered in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu appointed eighty men without, and said, He that allows any of the men to escape that I have brought into your hands, his life shall be for the life of him.

ASV: And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that letteth him go , his life shall be for the life of him.

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, [If] any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, [he that letteth him go], his life [shall be] for the life of him.

What does 2 Kings 10:24 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 10:12-24 - Wiping Out Baal-Worship

For the well-being of the race it is sometimes necessary to cut off evil-doers, lest they spread such a contagion of evil as to involve the whole body politic. The actual brethren of Ahaziah were slain by the Arabians, 2 Chronicles 22:1. Jehu's work seems to have been complemented by an invasion of the Bedouins: the men mentioned here were probably, as the margin suggests, cousins or acquaintances. "Brethren" is a wide word, covering many degrees of blood-relationship.

Jehonadab was head of a remarkable tribe, and himself a man of unusual strength of character. The influence of his example and precepts left its mark on following generations, 1 Chronicles 2:55; Jeremiah 35:1-19. Jehu evidently respected Jehonadab's good opinion, and was careful to advertise his own zeal for Jehovah. But the really good man has no need to parade his excellencies; and certainly Jehu could not count that his manner of going to work would be acceptable to the Most High. He might have achieved the same results by less objectionable methods. We must, of course, remember that this Baal-worship was very licentious, and that every Israelite who entered that temple did so in direct defiance of repeated warnings from Elijah and others. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 10

¹ Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded
⁸ He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah
¹² At the shearing house he slays forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers
¹⁵ He takes Jehonadab into his company
¹⁸ By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal
²⁹ Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins
³² Hazael oppresses Israel
³⁴ Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 10:24 mean?

So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings now Jehu had appointed for himself on the outside eighty men and had said any whom [If] escapes of the men whom I have brought into your hands [whoever lets him escape it shall be] his life for his life

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת זְבָחִ֣ים וְעֹל֑וֹת וְיֵה֞וּא שָׂם־ ל֤וֹ בַחוּץ֙ שְׁמֹנִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הָאִ֤ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ יִמָּלֵט֙ מִן־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא עַל־ יְדֵיכֶ֔ם נַפְשׁ֖וֹ תַּ֥חַת נַפְשֽׁוֹ

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ	So they went in
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת	to offer
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
זְבָחִ֣ים	sacrifices
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: זֶבַח Sense: sacrifice.
וְעֹל֑וֹת	and burnt offerings
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: עֹלָה Sense: whole burnt offering.
וְיֵה֞וּא	now Jehu
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יֵהוּא Sense: the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri.
שָׂם־	had appointed
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
ל֤וֹ	for himself
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בַחוּץ֙	on the outside
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חוּץ Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
שְׁמֹנִ֣ים	eighty
Parse: Number, common plural Root: שְׁמֹנִים Sense: eighty, fourscore.
אִ֔ישׁ	men
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	and had said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הָאִ֤ישׁ	any
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
אֲשֶׁר־	whom
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יִמָּלֵט֙	[If] escapes
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מָלַט Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	the men
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	whom
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
מֵבִ֣יא	have brought
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
עַל־	into
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְדֵיכֶ֔ם	your hands
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine plural Root: יָד Sense: hand.
נַפְשׁ֖וֹ	[whoever lets him escape it shall be] his life
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
נַפְשֽׁוֹ	his life
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

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