The Meaning of 2 Kings 10:25 Explained

2 Kings 10:25

KJV: And 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.

YLT: And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, 'Go in, smite them, let none come out;' and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast them out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal,

Darby: And it came to pass as soon as they had ended offering up the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the couriers and to the captains, Go in, slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the couriers and the captains cast them there. And they went to the city of the house of Baal,

ASV: And 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And 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. 

What does 2 Kings 10:25 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 10:25-36 - Jehu's Own Failure
Jehu was earnest enough in uprooting all traces of Baal-worship, but he permitted the worship of the calves and was careless in the matter of personal religion, 2 Kings 10:31. How much easier it is to see and rebuke the sins of others, than to take heed to our own ways! It is comparatively easy to detect and destroy the sinner, without personally yielding to the claims of God ourselves. The judge who administers the law may be a transgressor of it, and all the more keen in inflicting penalty as if to satisfy his own uneasy conscience. And we who utter God's solemn warnings against sin must not yield in thought to the sins that we denounce in act.
The Israelites were short in their duty to God, and God cut them short in territory, in wealth, and in power. Hazael thus fulfilled Elisha's anticipations, 2 Kings 8:12. Those eastern tribes that were attracted by the fatness of the land and settled there first, were the first to suffer. Those who choose for this life only, are the first to deteriorate and perish. It was so with Lot! [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 10:25 mean?

And it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering that said Jehu to the guard and to the captains go in [and] kill them let none no one let come out And they killed them with the edge of the sword then threw [them] out the guards and the officers and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal
וַיְהִ֞י כְּכַלֹּת֣וֹ ׀ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הָעֹלָ֗ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יֵ֠הוּא לָרָצִ֨ים וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים בֹּ֤אוּ הַכּוּם֙ אִ֣ישׁ אַל־ יֵצֵ֔א וַיַּכּ֖וּם לְפִי־ חָ֑רֶב וַיַּשְׁלִ֗כוּ הָֽרָצִים֙ וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ עַד־ עִ֥יר בֵּית־ הַבָּֽעַל

וַיְהִ֞י  And  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כְּכַלֹּת֣וֹ ׀  as  soon  as  he  had  made  an  end 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת  of  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הָעֹלָ֗ה  the  burnt  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  that  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יֵ֠הוּא  Jehu 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֵהוּא  
Sense: the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri.
לָרָצִ֨ים  to  the  guard 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים  and  to  the  captains 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁלִישׁ 
Sense: third part.
בֹּ֤אוּ  go  in 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַכּוּם֙  [and]  kill  them 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
אִ֣ישׁ  let  none 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אַל־  no  one 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
יֵצֵ֔א  let  come  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
וַיַּכּ֖וּם  And  they  killed  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
לְפִי־  with  the  edge 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
חָ֑רֶב  of  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
וַיַּשְׁלִ֗כוּ  then  threw  [them]  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַךְ  
Sense: to throw, cast, hurl, fling.
הָֽרָצִים֙  the  guards 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים  and  the  officers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁלִישׁ 
Sense: third part.
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ  and  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
עַד־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
עִ֥יר  the  inner  room 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בֵּית־  of  the  temple 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הַבָּֽעַל  of  Baal 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּעַל  
Sense: supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites.