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Verse 2 Kings 9:22. _WHAT PEACE, SO LONG AS THE WHOREDOMS_] Though
the words _whoredom, adultery_, and _fornication_, are frequently used
to express _idolatry_, and _false religion_, in general; yet...
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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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WHOREDOMS. idolatry. Joined together. Compare
WITCHCRAFTS. spiritism. Numbers 24:1; Numbers 25:1; Numbers 31:16....
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_What peace_ i.e. How can there be any peace, while the evil doings of
Jezebel continue as great as before. By -whoredoms" the Scripture
writers continually signify -the practice of idolatry" and that...
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SO LONG AS THE WHOREDOMS OF THY MOTHER JEZEBEL AND HER WITCHCRAFTS ARE
SO MANY— i.e. Whilst her idolatries, wherewith she bewitches the
people, are still continued and multiplied. He upbraids Jehoram...
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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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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JORAM SAW JEHU, THAT HE SAID, IS IT PEACE,
JEHU? AND HE ANSWERED, WHAT PEACE, SO LONG AS THE WHOREDOMS OF THY
MOTHER JEZEBEL AND HER WITCHCRAFTS ARE SO MANY?_
When Joram sa...
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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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WHOREDOMS] i.e. the practice of idolatry: see Judges 2:17; Hosea 2:2.
WITCHCRAFTS] i.e. dealings with wizards and diviners (prohibited in
Exodus 22:18 : cp. also...
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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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IS IT PEACE, JEHU? — Joram meant, “Is all well at the seat of
war?” Jehu’s reply left no doubt of his intentions. He assumes the
part of champion of the legitimate worship against Jezebel and her
fore...
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וַ יְהִ֗י כִּ רְאֹ֤ות יְהֹורָם֙ אֶת
־יֵה֔וּא
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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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And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] (g)
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of
thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
(g) Mea...
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_Jehu? The king supposed that he had meet with some defeat, (Calmet)
of that he wished to announce the good tidings in person. (Menochius)
(Salien, the year before Christ 902.) --- Vigour? How can Isr...
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JORAM SAW, JEHU, THAT HE SAID, IS IT PEACE,
JEHU?.... Have things gone well at Ramothgilead? art thou come in
triumph from thence? or obliged to fly from the Syrians? or art...
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And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace,
Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy
mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
Ver. 22. _S...
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_Is it peace, Jehu?_ Dost thou come to me with a peaceable mind, or in
a way of hostility? For now, when it was too late, he began to suspect
some treachery, God hiding it from him before, in order to...
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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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DEATH OF JORAM...
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And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
Jehu? He was anxious to know the state of affairs, still believing
that Jehu's strange behavior concerned the campaign against the...
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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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IS IT PEACE? dost thou come to me with a peaceable mind, or in a way
of hostility? For now, when it was too late, he began to suspect some
treachery; which God hid from him before, to prepare him for...
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2 Kings 9:22 Joram H3088 saw H7200 (H8800) Jehu H3058 said H559
(H8799) peace H7965 Jehu H3058 answered...
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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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_Is it peace?_
NO PEACE OUT OF CHRIST
The sovereignty of God is apparent in all His dealings with the
children of men. He putteth down one and setteth up another. He
killeth and maketh alive. He doet...
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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 9:22 IS IT PEACE, JEHU? It seems unlikely
that Jehoram and Ahaziah would have left the safety of Jezreel to meet
Jehu if they had doubted Jehu’s peaceable intentions. The Hebre...
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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 16:30; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:1; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 21
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Whoredoms, &c. — This may be understood, either literally; spiritual
whoredom, which is idolatry, being often punished with corporal: and
witchcraft was often practised by idolaters: or spiritually, o...