2 Kings 10:34-36·~1 min
Jehoahaz Succeeds Jehu in Israel
The account refers the reader to the royal chronicles for the rest of Jehu’s deeds, then records his death, burial, succession by Jehoahaz, and twenty-eight-year reign in Samaria.
A34s for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 35And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place. 36So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
Section summaryThe chapter closes in the usual royal manner, pointing to the record of Jehu’s acts, his burial in Samaria, and the succession of his son Jehoahaz. It notes that Jehu reigns twenty-eight years in Samaria.
Role in the chapterThis closing section settles Jehu into the line of Israel’s kings. After the violence and judgment of the chapter, it ends with the plain notice that his reign has become part of the kingdom’s continuing history.