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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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TO JERUSALEM. Septuagint reads "and brought him to Jerusalem"....
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_his servants carried him_in a chariot to _Jerusalem_ As is seen
afterwards by his conduct in Jezebel's case Jehu had no wish to
deprive the kin of Ahab of regal burial after they were slain. Hence
th...
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C. THE DEATH OF AHAZIAH OF JUDAH 9:27-29
TRANSLATION
(27) When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of
Beth-Gan. But Jehu pursued after him, and said, Also smite him in the
chariot. And...
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_AND HIS SERVANTS CARRIED HIM IN A CHARIOT TO JERUSALEM, AND BURIED
HIM IN HIS SEPULCHRE WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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CARRIED HIM IN A CHARIOT. — Literally, _made him ride._ After this
verb the LXX., Syriac, and Vulg. supply what the Hebrew text almost
demands, “and brought him.”
IN HIS SEPULCHRE. — _In his own sepu...
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וַ יַּרְכִּ֧בוּ אֹתֹ֛ו עֲבָדָ֖יו
יְרוּשָׁלְָ֑מָה 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 WORD OF THE LORD BY ELIJAH”
2 Kings 9:27
Let us read again 1 Kings 21:23. How those words came back to the two
men, who had heard them from the lips of God's servant years before!
God's mills gr...
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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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CHAPTER IX....
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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 his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
Ver. 28. _And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem._]
This...
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_He fled by the way of the garden-house_ By some secret way, hoping to
escape while they were busy about Joram. _Jehu said, Smite him also_
As you have done Joram, for he also is of the house of Ahab,...
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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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And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David....
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DEATH OF AHAZIAH AND JEZEBEL...
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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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Which they did by Jehu's permission for Jehoshaphat's sake, 2
CHRONICLES 22:9....
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2 Kings 9:28 servants H5650 carried H7392 (H8686) Jerusalem H3389
buried H6912 (H8799) tomb H6900 fathers H1 City...
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AHAZIAH OF JUDAH IS ALSO SLAIN AS A WORSHIPPER OF BAAL (2 KINGS 9:27).
Having seen what was happening Ahaziah naturally also fled, taking the
way of the garden-house. But he found no way of escape for...
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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 9:27 HE FLED TO MEGIDDO AND DIED THERE.
Linked with Ahab in marriage and practicing the same idol worship,
AHAZIAH also shares in his fate. He is shot... in the char
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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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2 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 35:24; 2 Kings 12:21; 2 Kings 14:19;...