Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 10:15

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 unto 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 in the chariot.

A Kenite, 1 Chron. 2. 55. and a man of singular Prudence and Piety; as appears from this History, and from Ier. 35. 6.

To Congratulate with him, for the Destruction of that wicked Family; and to encourage, and advise him to proceed in fulfilling the Will of God Revealed to him.

Iehu saluted Iehonadab.

Dost thou heartily approve of, and affect me, and my present Proceedings, as my Heart doth as sincerely cleave to thee, as thine own heart doth?

As a sign of friendship and consent. See Gal. 2. 9. These may be the words, either, 1. Of Iehu; and so here is an Elipsis, If it be: for, And Iehu said, If it be. Comp. 1 King. 20. 34. Or, 2. Of Iehonadab, who having said, It is, adds, If it be, i. e. If thine heart be with mine, as thou saist it is, give me thine hand. But this the Elipsis is larger than the former. And it seems not so decent and proper for Iehonadab a Stranger and Subject, to speak thus to the King, as for the King to say so to him.

Marginal references: Heb. found.; Heb. blessed.