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Verse 2 Kings 9:4. _THE YOUNG MAN THE PROPHET_] This should be
translated, _The servant of the prophet_; that is, the servant which
Elisha now had in place of Gehazi....
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8. THE ANOINTING OF JEHU
CHAPTER 9:1-10
_ 1. The commission (2 Kings 9:1)_
2. Jehu anointed (2 Kings 9:4)
The hour of judgment for the house of Ahab has come. The instrument
for it, mentioned long...
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2 KINGS 9:1 TO 2 KINGS 10:31. THE REVOLUTION AND OVERTHROW OF THE BAAL
WORSHIP. This spirited narrative is probably derived from the same
source as 1 Kings 20, 22; and, if we strike out the short Deut...
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I. THE ANOINTING OF JEHU 9:1-13
Jehu, the commander of the garrison at Ramoth-gilead, was selected by
God to execute the divine wrath against the Omri dynasty. Quite
unexpectedly, Jehu was thrust into...
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JEHU AND HIS BLOODSHED
This chapter relates the anointing of Jehu by order of Elisha; and the
death of Jehoram (of Israel), Ahaziah (of Judah), and Jezebel.
I. BOX] RV 'VIAL.' For the use of oil in an...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 9
ELISHA APPOINTS JEHU AS KING OF *ISRAEL
V1 Elisha called a man from the group of the *prophets. He said this
to the...
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EVEN THE YOUNG MAN THE PROPHET. — Rather, the _young man of the
prophet — i.e._, Elisha’s minister. The construction, however, is
unusual, and some MSS., the LXX. and the Syriac, omit _the young man_...
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וַ יֵּ֧לֶךְ הַ נַּ֛עַר הַ נַּ֥עַר הַ
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THE REVOLT OF JEHU
2 Kings 9:1
B.C. 842
" _ Te semper anteit saeva Necessitas, Clavos trabales et cuneos manu,
Gestans ahena._ "
- HORAT., " _ Od.,_ " I 35:17
A LONG period had elapsed since Elija...
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THE AVENGER OF BLOOD ANOINTED
2 Kings 9:1
Youth is always being called upon to gird up its loins, and dare to
fulfill its commissions without fear of man. We are not to tarry to
hear what men say of...
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The hour had come to carry out the sentence of God on the house of
Ahab. The prophet sent one of the sons of the prophets to anoint Jehu.
This Jehu, as his history reveals, was a fitting instrument fo...
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Is there not a sweet lesson veiled under this message and commission
of the prophet? When the Lord sends his word to any individual, though
he be in the midst of many, like Jehu among the captains, ye...
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We now enter upon the solemn stroke of judgment which it pleased God
to execute at this time; first, within Israel, and at the hands either
of men raised up in their midst, or from without, until at l...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9 AND 10.
In chapter 9 the judgment on Ahab's house commences. He who executes
it does not remove, in so doing, the rod which God had lifted up
against Israel...
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SO THE YOUNG MAN, EVEN THE YOUNG MAN THE PROPHET, WENT TO
RAMOTHGILEAD. It is repeated, that it might be observed that it was a
young man that went, who was more fit for this service than Elisha,
part...
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So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.
Ver. 4. _So the young man, even the young man went,_] _q.d., _ Young
though he were, yet he did his business exactly and bold...
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_So the young man went to Ramoth-gilead_ It argued great faith in this
young prophet that he undertook so readily the execution of this
command. For there was no small danger in anointing a new king,...
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1 Elisha sendeth a yong Prophet with instructions to annoint Iehu at
Ramoth Gilead.
4 The Prophet hauing done his message, flieth.
11 Iehu being made king by the souldiers, killeth Ioram in the fiel...
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So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramoth-gilead....
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The Announcement of Jehu's Elevation...
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JEHU ANOINTED KING OF ISRAEL
(vv.1-13)
Elijah had been told to anoint Jehu king of Israel (1 Kings 19:16),
but had not done it. Now later Elisha commissions one of the sons of
the prophets to anoint...
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1-10 In these and the like events, we must acknowledge the secret
working of God, disposing men to fulfil his purposes respecting them.
Jehu was anointed king over Israel, by the Lord's special choic...
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Which is here noted as an eminent act of obedience, whereby he run
into a manifest hazard of his life....
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2 Kings 9:4 man H5288 servant H5288 prophet H5030 went H3212 (H8799)
Ramoth H7433 Gilead H1568...
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CONTENTS: Jehu annointed king of Israel. Slays Jehoram, Ahaziah and
Jezebel.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, a prophet, Jehu, Jezebel, Jehoram, Ahaziah,
Ahab.
CONCLUSION: God doesn't always pay up for sin...
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2 Kings 9:1. _One of the children of the prophets._ A young man, fit
for the mission, swift of foot: a bruised reed to overthrow a throne
stained with the blood of countless martyrs.
2 Kings 9:7. _Tho...
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_Look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat._
THE HISTORY OF JEHU
Jehu was the son of Nimshi and the grandson of Jehoshaphat. He was one
of the monsters of history. The leading facts of his revoltin...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 9:1 1 Kings 19:15 tells of three men whom
God would use to bring about the end of Baal worship in Israel. Two of
those men—Elisha and Hazael—have already appeared on the scene.
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THE FALL OF THE OMRIAN DYNASTY
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 9:1. ELISHA CALLED ONE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PROPHETS—A
prophet-disciple, occupying towards Elisha the same relation he
himsel...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 9:1
THE ANOINTING OF JEHU. His MURDER OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH. THE DEATH OF
JEZEBEL....
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Chapter nine.
Elisha is an extremely colorful character. And we are coming towards
the end of the career of Elisha, a prophet to the northern kingdom of
Israel. And Elisha commanded one of the young p...
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2 Kings 9:4...