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A Conventional End
Commentators note that the phrase "slept with his fathers" signifies a normal, peaceful death, and his burial in Samaria was a conventional end for a king. Despite his violent rise to power, Jehu's reign concluded with a standard royal succession, with his son Jehoahaz taking the throne.
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 10:29–36
19th Century
Bishop
Jehu’s reign and death.
John Gill
On 2 Kings 10:35
17th Century
Pastor
And Jehu slept with his fathers
Died as they did:
and they buried him in Samaria ;<…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 10:29–36
17th Century
Minister
It is justly questionable whether Jehu acted from a good principle and whether he did not take some false steps in doing it; yet no services done f…