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Verse 2 Kings 9:25. _CAST HIM IN THE PORTION OF THE FIELD_] This was
predicted, 1 Kings 21; and what now happened to the son of Ahab is
foretold in 1 Kings 21:29 of that chapter....
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RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB - The Assyrian sculptures make it probable
that Josephus was right in interpreting this “rode side by side
behind Ahab in his chariot.” The Assyrian monarchs, when they go out...
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III. THE PERIOD OF DECLENSION AND APOSTASY
1. Jehu, King of Israel and His Deeds
CHAPTER 9:11-37
_ 1. Jehu is king (2 Kings 9:11)_
2. Jehoram, King of Israel slain (2 Kings 9:14)
3. Ahaziah slain...
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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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LAID, &C. Compare 1 Kings 21:29.
BURDEN. a prophetic pronouncement of doom. Compare Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah
15:1; Isaiah 17:1.
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_rode together after Ahab his father_ Jehu had long experience of the
doings of Ahab's family, and had not forgotten the prophetic words of
Elijah. -Little did he think when he heard that message that...
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B. THE DEATH OF JEHORAM OF ISRAEL 9:17-26
TRANSLATION
(17) Now the watchman was standing upon the tower in Jezreel, and he
saw the company of Jehu as he came, and he said, A company I see! And
Joram...
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_THEN SAID JEHU TO BIDKAR HIS CAPTAIN, TAKE UP, AND CAST HIM IN THE
PORTION OF THE FIELD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE: FOR REMEMBER HOW THAT,
WHEN I AND THOU RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB HIS FATHER, THE LORD...
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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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RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB] i.e. behind him in the same chariot, as his
attendants. LAID THIS BURDEN UPON HIM] RM 'uttered this oracle against
him.' The term 'burden' is similarly used of a prophetic ut...
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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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THEN SAID JEHU. — Literally, _And he said._
BIDKAR. — The Syriac gives _Bar-dĕkar_, “son of stabbing,”
_i.e._, “stabber,” “slayer” a very suitable name for Jehu’s
squire. The Hebrew name is, therefore...
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וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל ־בִּדְקַר֙
_שָֽׁלִשֹׁ֔ו_† שָׂ֚א הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּ
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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 DRIVING OF JEHU”
2 Kings 9:14
Many times in this chapter the question is asked, though in varying
tones, “Is it peace?” The horsemen ask it of the furious driver;
the king asks it of his captain...
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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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_Sitting. Hebrew, "rode together after," as if they were two abreast.
(Calmet) --- Burden, or dreadful misfortune. (Menochius)_...
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What a remarkable coincidence of circumstances must it have been to
have brought those persons to the very spot of Naboth's vineyard! as
if to remind Joram of the cause of his death, and his merited
j...
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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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THEN SAID [JEHU] TO BIDKAR HIS CAPTAIN,.... Not Joram's, but Jehu's
captain, though he had been the former's, and his father Ahab's also:
TAKE UP, AND CAST HIM IN THE PORTION OF THE FIELD OF NABOTH T...
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Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, [and] cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that,
when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LO...
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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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Then said Jehu to Bidkar, his captain, TAKE UP AND CAST HIM IN THE
PORTION OF THE FIELD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE, the part of the royal
park which had formerly been his vineyard; FOR REMEMBER HOW THAT...
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DEATH OF JORAM...
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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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16-29 Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is seen in
the choice of those employed in his work. But it is not for any man's
reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his...
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2 Kings 9:25 said H559 (H8799) Bidkar H920 captain H7991 up H5375
(H8798) throw H7993 (H8685) tract...
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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 th...
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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 9:25 PLOT OF GROUND BELONGING TO NABOTH THE
JEZREELITE. See note on 1 Kings 21:19.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 9:21. EACH IN HIS CHARIOT WENT OUT AGAINST JEHU—Rather, to
_meet_ Jehu. They would not have ridden out in royal equipages for a
hostile attack on him. This se...
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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 21:19; 1 Kings 21:24; Isaiah 13:1; Jeremiah 23:33; Malac