Bible Strands
2 Kings 10:23
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab enter the temple of Baal, where Jehu commands the assembled servants of Baal to verify that only Baal’s worshippers are present.
The words — וַיָּבֹא (va-yavo) means “and he went/entered,” and בֵּית הַבָּעַל (beit ha-baal) literally denotes “the house of Baal.”
The thread — The text’s demand to separate true worshippers from false ones runs parallel to the gathering and sorting imagery in Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:41, and Matthew 25:32.
Why it lands — The verse requires a clear, unambiguous distinction between devotion to Yahweh and devotion to Baal, forcing readers to examine their own allegiance without mixing the two.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the worshippers of Baal only.
Cross-references
- Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
- Matthew 25:32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.