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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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WAS RETURNED. Compare 2 Kings 8:29.
MINDS. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. The parenthesis in verses: 2
Kings 9:14 is so placed by the Structure. See above....
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_But king Joram was returned_ Though he was at Jezreel professedly for
the cure of his wounds, Joram was sufficiently recovered to be able to
entertain Ahaziah, and also to go forth in his chariot to...
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II. CONFRONTATION AT JEZREEL 9:14-37
The historian takes pains to paint the backdrop for the _coup d-'etat_
in 2 Kings 9:14-16. Then, in a matter-of-fact way, he narrates the
bloody deaths of Jehoram...
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_BUT KING JORAM WAS RETURNED TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL OF THE WOUNDS
WHICH THE SYRIANS HAD GIVEN HIM, WHEN HE FOUGHT WITH HAZAEL KING OF
SYRIA.) AND JEHU SAID, IF IT BE YOUR MINDS, THEN LET NONE GO FORT...
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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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וַ יָּשָׁב֩ יְהֹורָ֨ם הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ לְ
הִתְרַפּ
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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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BUT KING JORAM WAS RETURNED TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL,.... As is
recorded, 2 Kings 8:29 and here repeated for the reason above given:
AND JEHU SAID, IF IT BE YOUR MINDS; to engage one and all, and
hear...
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But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of
Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, [then] let none go for...
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_So Jehu conspired against Joram_ Contrived with the rest of the
captains how to destroy Joram: for which they had the fairer
opportunity, because he was gone from the army to Jezreel. _Now Joram
had...
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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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But King Joram, just at the time when this incident occurred, WAS
RETURNED TO BE HEALED IN JEZREEL OF THE WOUNDS WHICH THE SYRIANS HAD
GIVEN HIM, WHEN HE FOUGHT WITH HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA, 2 Kings 8:2...
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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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JORAM:
_ Heb._ Jehoram
GIVEN:
_ Heb._ smote
LET NONE GO FORTH NOR ESCAPE:
_ Heb._ let no escaper go, etc....
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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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WHEN HE FOUGHT WITH HAZAEL; when he came with an army, either to
retake the city taken by Joram, or to raise the siege. _Out of the
city_; or, _from the city_; either from within the city, or from
bef...
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2 Kings 9:15 King H4428 Joram H3088 returned H7725 (H8799) Jezreel
H3157 recover H7495 (H8692) wounds H4347 Syrians
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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 9:1 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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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 Samuel 27:9; 2 Chronicles 22:6; 2 Kings 8:29...