From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
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Interpretation
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 for God shall go unrewarded. But true conversion is not only from gross sin, but from all sin; not only from false gods, but from false worships.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 10:32-36.
Glossary
- Aroer Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Arair.
- Bashan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.
- Gilead Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
- Jordan Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Jordan River.
- Valley of the Arnon Place
- Biblical valley. Modern identification: Wadi Mujib.