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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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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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_SO THERE WENT ONE ON HORSEBACK TO MEET HIM, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE
KING, IS IT PEACE? AND JEHU SAID, WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE?
TURN THEE BEHIND ME. AND THE WATCHMAN TOLD, SAYING, THE MESSENG...
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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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THEN. — _Literally, And he sent a second rider of a horse._
IS IT PEACE? — So the versions, many editions, and some MSS. The
ordinary Hebrew text gives it as a salutation: “Peace!” but
wrongly. Joram...
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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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The whole design of this being from the Lord, we have only to remark
how the various circumstances all concurred to insure the ruin of
Ahab's house. From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was no small distance...
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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 HE SENT OUT A SECOND ON HORSEBACK, WHICH CAME TO THEM, AND
SAID,.... The same as the first messenger did, and had the same
answer, and was bid to do the same as in the preceding verse....
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Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said,
Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou
to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
Ver. 19. _What hast...
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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 he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, Jehu and
his men, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE KING, IS IT PEACE? AND JEHU, with
the same energy and intention as before, ANSWERED, WHAT HAST TH...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 9:19 out H7971 (H8799) second H8145 horseman H7392 (H8802)
H5483 came H935 (H8799) said...
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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
bri...
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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 9:17 I SEE A COMPANY. As Jehu approaches
with his army, the people in the city are not sure what is happening.
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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...