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There was not a man left that came not; either,
1. Because they thought Jehu was serious and sincere in his professions; it being natural and usual for men too easily to believe what they wish to be true. And for the priests which Jehu destroyed before, 2Ki_10:11, they might think that was done only because of their nearness and relation to Ahab and his family. Or,
2. For fear of their lives; for certain death was threatened to all that did not come, 2Ki_10:19, which considering Jehu’s fierce and bloody temper, they knew would be executed; whereas, if they did come, there was more than a possibility of the sparing of their lives; for Jehu was known to be indifferent and unconcerned in matters of religion, one that had served Baal when his prince Ahab lived and did so and forsook it when the next prince Joram did; and therefore it was doubtful whether Jehu had not in good earnest returned to his first love, to that religion which he had formerly embraced, and only deserted in complacency to others. Or,
3. By God’s just providence, deceiving their minds and inclining their hearts to come to their own destruction.
Into the house, i.e. the temple.