King James Version
2 Kings 10:12 in the King James Version says “And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, shearing: Heb. house of ...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, shearing: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep”
2 Kings 10:12 · KJV
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. by: Heb. by the hand of
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. kinsfolks: or, acquaintance
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, shearing: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep
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. met with: Heb. found to salute: Heb. to the peace of, etc
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“And as he was at the shearing”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“And as he was at the shearing”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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