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Verse 2 Kings 9:7. _THOU SHALT SMITE THE HOUSE OF AHAB_] For their
most cruel murders they have forfeited their own lives, according to
that immutable law, "HE that sheddeth man's blood by man shall _...
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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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_thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master_ The punishment of Ahab
had been postponed because of his repentance (1 Kings 21:29) but the
sins of the father, which have blossomed and borne evil frui...
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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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_AND HE AROSE, AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE; AND HE POURED THE OIL ON HIS
HEAD, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I HAVE
ANOINTED THEE KING OVER THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, EVEN OVER ISRAEL...
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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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THE HOUSE OF AHAB THY MASTER. — _Not_ Ahab thy master, _but_ the
house of Ahab thy lords. The LXX. adds, _from before me_.
THE BLOOD OF MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS. — See 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings
18:13.
TH...
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וְ הִ֨כִּיתָ֔ה אֶת ־בֵּ֥ית אַחְאָ֖ב
אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ...
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THE REVOLT OF JEHU
2 Kings 9:1
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" _ 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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_Jezabel, who had persecuted the prophets unto death, 3 Kings xviii.
4._...
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In the commission which Elisha had intrusted this servant among the
prophets with, no doubt more was intimated to him than is related in
the chapter, from the addition he made in this command, how Jeh...
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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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AND THOU SHALT SMITE THE HOUSE OF AHAB THY MASTER,.... For Jehu was
one of Ahab's captains, as he was now one of his son's, as appears
from 2 Kings 9:25, but this was to be no objection with him to th...
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And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge
the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the
servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Ver. 7. _And thou sh...
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_And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab_ Thou shalt execute my
judgment upon them, pronounced long ago. _That I may avenge the blood
of my servants the prophets_, &c. That they were idolaters was bad...
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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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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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SMITE, i.e. kill and destroy, as that word is used, GENESIS 8:21, and
elsewhere. THY MASTER; thy former lord and king....
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2 Kings 9:7 down H5221 (H8689) house H1004 Ahab H256 master H113
avenge H5358 (H8765) blood H1818 servants...
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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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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 9:7 YOU SHALL STRIKE DOWN THE HOUSE OF AHAB.
The pronouncement the messenger delivered is much longer than the one
Elisha gave in v. 2 Kings 9:3 and the one
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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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1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 21:15; 1 Kings 21:21; 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kin
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I may avenge,&c. — That they were idolaters was bad enough: yet that
is not mentioned here: the controversy God has with them, is for being
persecutors. Nothing fills the measure of the iniquity of an...
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How could God condemn Jehu for bloodshed when God had commanded him to
exterminate the house of Ahab?
PROBLEM: In 2 Kings 9:6-10, we find the commissioning of Jehu by the
Lord to strike down the house...