2 Kings 10:12
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,

Berean Literal Bible
And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. He was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds on the way,

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,

Berean Annotated Bible
Then Jehu set out toward Samaria (watch mountain). At Beth-eked (house of shearing) of 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,

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,

NET Bible
Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through 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,
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

World English Bible
He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at the shearing house of the shepherds on the way,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he rises, and comes in and goes to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds’ shearing-house in the way,

Berean Literal Bible
And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. He was at Beth-eked 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,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will rise and come, and go to Shomeron. He in the house of binding of the shepherds in the way.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he arose, and went to Samaria: and when he was come to the shepherds' cabin in the way,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he rose up and went to Samaria. And when he had arrived at the shepherds’ cabin along the way,

New American Bible
Then he went back inside. He set out for Samaria and, at Beth-eked-haroim on the way,

New Revised Standard Version
Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he arose and departed and came to Samaria. And on the way he destroyed the houses of idols.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he stood up, he went and entered Samaria and he was breaking down the high places which were on the way.
OT Translations
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,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he arose and went to Samaria, and he was in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.

Additional Translations ...



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
Then Jehu set out toward Samaria.

2 Kings 9:15-16
but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.” / Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:6-7
So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel. / And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

1 Samuel 25:2-8
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. / His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings. / While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. …

2 Samuel 13:23-24
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king. / And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

Genesis 38:13
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
2 Kings 9:14-16
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, / but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.” / Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

2 Kings 9:30-37
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. / And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” / He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. …

1 Kings 21:21-24
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free. / I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’ / And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ …

1 Kings 19:16-17
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet. / Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

Hosea 1:4
Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

2 Chronicles 22:7-9
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. / So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. / Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

1 Kings 18:4
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

1 Kings 18:13
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

1 Kings 21:17-19
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, / “Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it. / Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

Matthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.


Treasury of Scripture

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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












Then Jehu set out toward Samaria.

Having been anointed king, Jehu continued the judgment God had pronounced against Ahab’s house. Samaria, Israel’s capital and the center of Ahab’s royal power and Baal worship, was the chief destination of his campaign. His advance marked the removal of Ahab’s dynasty and the beginning of a decisive reckoning with the idolatry it had fostered.

2Ki 9:15-16 but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover…
2Ki 9:24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders.…
2Ki 9:6-7 So Jehu got up and went into the house.…

At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

Jehu encountered relatives of Ahaziah, king of Judah, who were traveling to visit the royal family in Samaria. Their connection to Ahab’s house placed them within the judgment falling on that corrupt alliance. The meeting at Beth-eked, meaning “house of binding” or “house of gathering,” showed that the reach of Jehu’s commission extended beyond Samaria itself to all who supported or identified with Ahab’s rule.

1Sa 25:2-8 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel.…
2Sa 13:23-24 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were…
Gen 38:13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up…”…

Persons / Places / Events
1. Jehu
The tenth king of the northern kingdom of Israel, anointed by a prophet to destroy the house of Ahab and eradicate Baal worship from Israel.

2. Samaria
The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, significant as a political and religious center.

3. Beth Eked of the Shepherds
A location mentioned in the journey of Jehu, possibly a place where shepherds gathered or a landmark on the way to Samaria.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty in Judgment
Jehu's mission underscores God's control over history and His use of individuals to fulfill divine purposes. Believers can trust in God's ultimate justice and timing.

Obedience to God's Call
Jehu's journey to Samaria is a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's directives. Christians are called to follow God's leading, even when the path is challenging.

Consequences of Idolatry
The eradication of Baal worship highlights the dangers of idolatry and the need for purity in worship. Believers should examine their lives for anything that takes precedence over God.

The Role of Leadership
Jehu's actions as a leader show the impact of leadership on a nation's spiritual direction. Christian leaders are called to guide others in righteousness and truth.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of 2 Kings 10:12?

2. How does 2 Kings 10:12 demonstrate God's judgment against idolatry and wickedness?

3. What lessons can we learn from Jehu's obedience to God's commands in this chapter?

4. How does Jehu's mission in 2 Kings 10:12 connect to God's covenant with Israel?

5. In what ways can we apply Jehu's zeal for God in our lives today?

6. How does 2 Kings 10:12 encourage us to confront sin in our communities?

7. What historical evidence supports the events described in 2 Kings 10:12?

8. How does 2 Kings 10:12 align with God's character of justice and mercy?

9. What is the theological significance of Jehu's actions in 2 Kings 10:12?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 10?


(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.

2 Kings 10:12 captures a hinge moment in Jehu’s divinely mandated campaign. The adverb “then” keeps the narrative rushing forward; Jehu’s setting out showcases prompt obedience; the march toward Samaria targets the epicenter of idolatry; and the stop at Beth-eked of the Shepherds shows judgment overtaking the unsuspecting. The verse assures us that when God speaks, His word is fulfilled down to the last detail, whether in palaces or pasturelands, and calls us to the same wholehearted, timely obedience Jehu displays on this part of the journey.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then [Jehu] set out
וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (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


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