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2Ki 10:15 — And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

lighted on	Heb. found. 2Ki 10:13; 2Ki 9:21; *margins
Jehonadab	Jer 35:6,8,14-19; Jonadab
Rechab	1Ch 2:55
saluted	Heb. blessed. Gen 31:55; Gen 47:7,10
Is thine heart right	1Ch 12:17,18; Jhn 21:15-17; Gal 4:12
give me	Ezr 10:19; Eze 17:18; Gal 2:9
he took him	"Jehu asked for the hand of Jehonadab not merely for the purpose of assisting him into the chariot, but that he might give him an assurance that he would assist him in the prosecution of his desires; for giving the hand is considered as a pledge of friendship and fidelity, or a form of entering into a contract, among all nations. Mr. Bruce relates, that when he entreated the protection of a sheikh, the great people who were assembled came, ""and after joining hands, repeated a kind of prayer, of about two minutes long; by which they declared themselves and their children accursed, if ever they lifted their hands against me in the tell, (or field) in the desert, or on the river; or, in case that I, or mine, should fly to them for refuge, if they did not protect us at the risk of their lives, their families, and their fortunes, or, as they emphatically expressed it, to the death of the last male child among them."" Another striking instance occurs in Ockley's History of the Saracens. Telha, just before he died, as"

Correlated Passages Using KJV

lighted on

Jehonadab

Rechab

saluted

Is thine heart right

give me

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