Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jehu then set out and went toward Samaria. At Beth Eked of the Shepherds, New Living Translation Then Jehu set out for Samaria. Along the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, English Standard Version Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, Berean Standard Bible Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds, King James Bible And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, New King James Version And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way, at Beth Eked of the Shepherds, New American Standard Bible Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, NASB 1995 Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, NASB 1977 Then he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, Legacy Standard Bible Then he arose and came out and went to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, Amplified Bible And he set out and went to Samaria. On the way as he was at the place of the sand heaps [meeting place] for the shepherds, Christian Standard Bible Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, Holman Christian Standard Bible Then he set out and went on his way to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, American Standard Version And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he stood up, he went and entered Samaria and he was breaking down the high places which were on the way. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he arose and went to Samaria, and he was in the house of sheep-shearing in the way. Douay-Rheims Bible And he arose, and went to Samaria: and when he was come to the shepherds' cabin in the way, English Revised Version And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house of the shepherds in the way, GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Jehu left for Samaria. When he came to Beth Eked of the Shepherds, Good News Translation Jehu left Jezreel to go to Samaria. On the way, at a place called "Shepherds' Camp," International Standard Version Then Jehu got up, left the city, and went to Samaria. When he arrived at the shearing house that was located on the way, JPS Tanakh 1917 And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way, Literal Standard Version And he rises, and comes in and goes to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds’ shearing-house in the way, Majority Standard Bible Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds, New American Bible Then he went back inside. He set out for Samaria and, at Beth-eked-haroim on the way, NET Bible Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds, New Revised Standard Version Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, New Heart English Bible He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at Beth Eked of the Shepherds on the way, Webster's Bible Translation And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house in the way, World English Bible He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at the shearing house of the shepherds on the way, Young's Literal Translation And he riseth, and cometh in and goeth to Samaria; he is at the shepherds' shearing-house in the way, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family…11So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor. 12Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds, 13Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”… Cross References 2 Kings 10:11 So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor. 2 Kings 10:13 Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, "Who are you?" "We are relatives of Ahaziah," they answered, "and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother." 2 Kings 10:14 Then Jehu ordered, "Take them alive." So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked--forty-two men. He spared none of them. Treasury of Scripture And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, Jump to Previous Beth Beth-Eked Departed Eked House Jehu Keepers Meeting-Place Riseth Rose Samaria Sama'ria Shearing Shearing-House Sheep Shepherds WayJump to Next Beth Beth-Eked Departed Eked House Jehu Keepers Meeting-Place Riseth Rose Samaria Sama'ria Shearing Shearing-House Sheep Shepherds Way2 Kings 10 1. Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded8. 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 (12) And he arose . . . and came.--So the Syriac, rightly. The common Hebrew text has, "And he arose and came and departed." And as he was at the shearing house in the way.--Rather, He was at Beth-eqed-haroim on the way. The Targum renders: "He was at the shepherds' meeting-house on the way." The place was probably a solitary building, which served as a rendezvous for the shepherds of the neighbourhood. (The root 'aqad means "to bind," or "knot together;" hence the common explanation of the name is "the shepherds' binding house," i.e., the place where they bound their sheep for the shearing. But the idea of binding is easily connected with that of meeting, gathering together: comp. our words band, knot.) The LXX. has: "He was at Baithakad (or Baithakath) of the shepherds." Eusebius mentions a place called Beithakad, fifteen Roman miles from Legio (Lejj-n), identical with the present Beitkad, six miles east of Jenin, in the plain of Esdraelon; but this seems too far off the route from Jezreel to Samaria, which passes Jenin. Verses 12-14. - The massacre of the brethren of Ahaziah. Verse 12. - And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria; rather, went on his way to Samaria (ἐπορεύθη εἰς Σαμάρειαν, LXX.). Having arranged matters at Jezreel as his interests required, and secured the adhesion of the Samaritan "great men," Jehu now sot out for the capital. The narrative from this point to ver. 17 is of events that happened to him while he was upon his road. And as he was at the shearing-house in the way. Between Jezreel and Samaria was a station where the shepherds of the district were accustomed to shear their flocks. The custom gave name to the place, which became known as Beth-Eked (Βαιθακάθ, LXX.; Beth-Akad, Jerome), "the house of binding," from the practice of tying the sheep's four feet together before shearing them, The situation has not been identified.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then [Jehu] set outוַיָּ֙קָם֙ (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand toward Samaria. שֹׁמְר֑וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel At בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house Beth-eked of the Shepherds, עֵ֥קֶד (‘ê·qeḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with Links 2 Kings 10:12 NIV2 Kings 10:12 NLT 2 Kings 10:12 ESV 2 Kings 10:12 NASB 2 Kings 10:12 KJV 2 Kings 10:12 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 10:12 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 10:12 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 10:12 French Bible 2 Kings 10:12 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 10:12 He arose and departed and went (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |