John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 10:12

"And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way," — 2 Kings 10:12 (ASV)

Ver. 12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria
To make a clear riddance there of all that belonged to Ahab, as at Jezreel, and abolish idolatry there:

and as he was at the shearing house in the way ;
or, "the house of the binding of the shepherds", who, in shearing their sheep, bind their legs together; the Targum is, ``the house of the gathering of the shepherds;'' where they used to meet and converse together; with some it is the proper name of a place, Betheked, a country village between Jezreel and Samaria. Jerom speaks ^F17 of a village of this name, situated in a large plain, about fifteen miles from a place called Legion, which village he takes to be this here.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: De loc. Heb. fol. 89. K.