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Verse 2 Kings 9:11. _WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD_ FELLOW _TO THEE?_] Was
it because he was a _holy man_ of God that he was reputed by a club of
irreligious officers to be a madman? In vain do such preten...
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THIS MAD FELLOW - The captains, seeing his excited look, his strange
action, and his extreme haste, call him (as soldiers would) “this
wild fellow.”...
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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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Jehu is proclaimed, and goes to Jezreel. Joram is slain, and his body
cast into the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite (Not in Chronicles)
11. _to the servants of his lord_ i.e. To the other captains w...
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WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD FELLOW TO THEE?— See Numbers 11:25. The
officers who were in company with Jehu might easily perceive, by the
air, habit, and manner of speech of the person who accosted Jehu so...
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B. THE ACCLAMATION OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS 9:11-13
TRANSLATION
(11) And Jehu went out unto the servants of his master and one said
unto him, Is all well? Why did this madman come unto you? And he said...
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_THEN JEHU CAME FORTH TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD: AND ONE SAID UNTO
HIM, IS ALL WELL? WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD FELLOW TO THEE? AND HE SAID
UNTO THEM, YE KNOW THE MAN, AND HIS COMMUNICATION._
Is all w...
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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 SERVANTS OF HIS LORD. — Jehoram’s captains.
AND ONE SAID. — Many MSS. and all the versions, except the Targum,
have “and they said.”
IS ALL WELL? — They dreaded some sinister news.
THIS MAD FEL...
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וְ יֵה֗וּא יָצָא֙ אֶל ־עַבְדֵ֣י
אֲדֹנָ֔יו וַ
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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 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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Then Jehu came forth to the (c) servants of his lord: and [one] said
unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this (d) mad [fellow] to thee?
And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communicatio...
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Madman. The extravagant motions of the false prophets caused even the
true ones to be treated with contempt. Warriors are but too apt to
give way to sentiments of irreligion, (Menochius) and to despis...
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It should seem from the manner in which the captains received Jehu on
his return from the prophet, that they were not much disposed at first
to treat the prophet, or his message, with respect. But pro...
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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 JEHU CAME FORTH TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD,.... The rest of the
captains of the army, who served under Joram as he did:
AND ONE SAID UNTO HIM, IS ALL WELL? one of the captains, the greatest
of...
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Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and [one] said unto
him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this mad [fellow] to thee? And he
said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
Ver....
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_Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?_ What business has he with
thee? And why wouldst thou gratify him so far as to retire to converse
with him? They perceived him to be a prophet by his air, habi...
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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 Jehu came forth, out of the inner chamber, TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS
LORD, his fellow-councilors and companions in arms; AND ONE SAID UNTO
HIM, IS ALL WELL? They all were anxious to know whether it...
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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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11-15 Those who faithfully deliver the Lord's message to sinners,
have in all ages been treated as madmen. Their judgment, speech, and
conduct are contrary to those of other men; they endure much in...
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TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD; to the rest of the commanders and
officers there present. IS ALL WELL? is not this unlucky messenger
come with some ill tidings? WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD FELLOW? they
perce...
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2 Kings 9:11 Jehu H3058 out H3318 (H8804) servants H5650 master H113
said H559 (H8799) well H7965 madman...
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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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_Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?_
THE REPROACH OF TRUE RELIGION
The man who was spoken of in this contemptuous manner was a prophet of
God, sent by another prophet to a fellow-subject, with t...
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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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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 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 5:21;...
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Mad fellow — They perceived him to be a prophet by his habit, and
gestures, and manner of speech. And these prophane soldiers esteemed
the prophets mad — men. Those that have no religion, commonly spe...