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2 Kings 10:28

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What does 2 Kings 10:28 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
2 Kings 10:28 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
27And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
30And Jehovah said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, [and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.] His images and temples being served thus in all places, throughout the land of Israel, where there were any.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“10:28-29 Despite extinguishing Baal worship from Israel, Jehu retained the worship of gold calves at Bethel and Dan, perpetuating the state religion instituted by Jeroboam I (1 Kgs 12:28-30). This would one day lead to the fall of the northern kingdom (2 Kgs 17:21-23).”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Jehu exterminated the worship of Baal from Israel; but the sins of Jeroboam, the golden calves at Bethel and Dan, that is to say, the idolatrous worship of Jehovah, he allowed to remain. "The golden calves, etc.:" this is a supplementary and explanatory apposition to "the sins of Jeroboam." 4 Kings (2 Kings) 10:30”
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