A CONTINGENT OF THE REBELS, WITH JEHU AT THEIR HEAD, APPROACH JEZREEL,
AND ARE CHALLENGED BY THE UNSUSPECTING KING (2 KINGS 9:15).
The incident that follows is described in a way that deliberately
brings out the suspense as we see the action unfolding. We all know
what the situation was, while Jeho... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEATH OF JEHORAM AT THE HANDS OF JEHU IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S
PRONOUNCED JUDGMENT ON THE HOUSE OF AHAB BECAUSE OF THE MURDER OF
NABOTH THE JEZREELITE (2 KINGS 9:21).
Now confident at least of their security the two kings themselves set
out in their chariots to meet Jehu, and they found him in... [ Continue Reading ]
AHAZIAH OF JUDAH IS ALSO SLAIN AS A WORSHIPPER OF BAAL (2 KINGS 9:27).
Having seen what was happening Ahaziah naturally also fled, taking the
way of the garden-house. But he found no way of escape for Jehu
pursued him and called on his fellow charioteers to smite him as well,
in his chariot. This th... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON JEZEBEL (2 KINGS 9:30).
The fact that YHWH carried out his judgment on Jehoram and Ahaziah,
and now on Jezebel, through Jehu, does not mean that YHWH would
approve wholly of all Jehu's methods, and later Jehu is castigated for
his excesses (see Hosea 1:4). But he is commended for... [ Continue Reading ]