2 Kings 10:18
New International Version
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

New Living Translation
Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, “Ahab’s worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!

English Standard Version
Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

King James Bible
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

New King James Version
Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

NASB 1995
Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

NASB 1977
Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

Amplified Bible
Jehu assembled all the people and said [in pretense] to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much [more].

Christian Standard Bible
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

American Standard Version
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yahu gathered all the people and said to them: “Akhab worked for Baala a little. Yahu will work for him greatly!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.

Contemporary English Version
Jehu called together the people in Samaria and said: King Ahab sometimes worshiped Baal, but I will be completely faithful to Baal.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.

English Revised Version
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Jehu brought all the people together. He said, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

Good News Translation
Jehu called the people of Samaria together and said, "King Ahab served the god Baal a little, but I will serve him much more.

International Standard Version
Then Jehu assembled all the people and announced to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot!

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them: 'Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Literal Standard Version
And Jehu gathers the whole of the people and says to them, “Ahab served Ba‘al a little—Jehu serves him much:

Majority Standard Bible
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

New American Bible
Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them: “Ahab served Baal to some extent, but Jehu will serve him yet more.

NET Bible
Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab offered Baal small service; but Jehu will offer much more.

New Heart English Bible
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jehu convened all the people, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

World English Bible
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much:

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal
18Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot. 19Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.…

Cross References
1 Kings 16:31
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

1 Kings 16:32
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

2 Kings 3:2
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

Ahab served Baal

2 Kings 3:2
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

1 Kings 16:31,32
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him…

1 Kings 18:19,22,40
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table…

Jehu

Job 13:7
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Romans 3:8
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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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














(18) Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.--Ahab had, as the people well knew, served Baal more than a little; but the antithesis was not too strong for Jehu's hidden meaning. He was thinking of his intended holocaust of human victims (2Kings 10:25).

Verses 18-28. - Jehu destroys the worshippers of Baal, arid puts an end to the Baal-worship. Verse 18. - And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. Hitherto the revolution had borne the appearance of a mere dynastic change, like those introduced by Baasha (1 Kings 15:27-29), Zimri (1 Kings 16:9-12), and Omri (1 Kings 16:17-19), and had had none of the characteristics of a religious reformation. Probably, as yet, no suspicion had touched the public mind that Jehu would be a less zealous worshipper of Baal than his predecessor. The outburst against Jezebel's "whoredoms" and "witchcrafts" (2 Kings 9:22) would be known to few, and might not have been understood as a condemnation of the entire Baalistic system. The "zeal for Jehovah" whispered in the ear of Jehonadab (ver. 16) had been hitherto kept secret. Thus there was nothing to prevent the multitude from giving implicit credence to the proclamation now made, and looking to see the new reign inaugurated by a magnificent and prolonged festival in honor of the two great Phoenician deities, Baal the sun-god, and Ashtoreth or Astarte the famous "Dea Syra" Such festivals were frequently held in Phoenicia and the rest of Syria, often lasting over many days, and constituting a time of excitement, feasting, and profligate enjoyment, which possessed immense attraction for the great mass of Asiatics.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Jehu
יֵהוּא֙ (yê·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3058: Jehu -- 'the LORD is He', the name of several Israelites

brought all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

together
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (way·yiq·bōṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6908: To gather, collect

and said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Ahab
אַחְאָ֕ב (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

served
עָבַ֥ד (‘ā·ḇaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

Baal
הַבַּ֖עַל (hab·ba·‘al)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1168: Baal -- a heathen god

a little,
מְעָ֑ט (mə·‘āṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

but Jehu
יֵה֖וּא (yê·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3058: Jehu -- 'the LORD is He', the name of several Israelites

will serve him
יַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּ (ya·‘aḇ·ḏen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

a lot.
הַרְבֵּֽה׃ (har·bêh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great


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