2-Kings - 10:36



36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 10:36.

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And the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel are twenty and eight years, in Samaria.
And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
Now the days during which Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria, were twenty-eight years.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

In Samaria - The family of Ahab had made Jezreel a sort of second capital, and had reigned there, at least in part 2 Kings 9:15-30. Jehu and his descendants seem to have fixed their residence wholly in Samaria 2-Kings 13:1, 2-Kings 13:10; 2-Kings 14:23; 2-Kings 15:8.

And the time that Jehu reigned was twenty and eight years. Which was longer than any king of Israel had reigned.

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