2 Kings 9:25

_THEN SAID JEHU TO BIDKAR HIS CAPTAIN, TAKE UP, AND CAST HIM IN THE PORTION OF THE FIELD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE: FOR REMEMBER HOW THAT, WHEN I AND THOU RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB HIS FATHER, THE LORD LAID THIS BURDEN UPON HIM;_ Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, х_ BIDQAR_ (H920), contraction for ben dªqar, son of stabbing; _ SHAALISHOW_ (H7991), third man (see the notes at Exodus 14:7; Exodus 15:1); Septuagint, ton tristateen autou]. REMEMBER HOW THAT, WHEN I AND THOU RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB HIS FATHER, х_ ROKªBIYM_ (H7392) _ TSªMAADIYM_ (H6776) _ 'ACHªREEY_ ...

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 own spirit, is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth. The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by Divine Providence to make the punishment answer to the sin, as face answers to face in a glass. The way of sin can never be the way of peace, Isaiah 57:21. What peace can sinners have with God? No peace so long as sin is persisted in; but when it is repented of and forsaken, there is peace. Joram died as a criminal, under the sentence of the law. Ahaziah was joined with the house of Ahab. He was one of them; he had made himself so by sin. It is dangerous to join evil-doers; we shall be entangled in guilt and misery by it....

Verse 2 Kings 9:25. _CAST HIM IN THE PORTION OF THE FIELD_] This was predicted, 1 Kings 21; and what now happened to the son of Ahab is foretold in 1 Kings 21:29 of that chapter....

RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB - The Assyrian sculptures make it probable that Josephus was right in interpreting this “rode side by side behind Ahab in his chariot.” The Assyrian monarchs, when they go out to war, are frequently attended hy two guards, who stand behind them in the same chariot. BURDEN - Compare the use of the same word in Isaiah (Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 15:1, etc.), and in Lamentations Lamentations 2:14, for a denunciation of woe....

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 9:1 THE ANOINTING OF JEHU. His MURDER OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH. THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL. 2 KINGS 9:1 Elisha is still the primary figure in the historical drama; but at this point his personality merges in the general account of the kingdom of Israel, which it is one of the objects of the writer to trace from beginning to end. Elisha here performs his last public act, being commissioned, and carrying out his commission, to transfer the kingdom of Israel from the unworthy dynasty of Omri, which on account of its p

THEN SAID [JEHU] TO BIDKAR HIS CAPTAIN,.... Not Joram's, but Jehu's captain, though he had been the former's, and his father Ahab's also: TAKE UP, AND CAST HIM IN THE PORTION OF THE FIELD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE; near to which they were: FOR REMEMBER HOW THAT, WHEN I AND THOU RODE TOGETHER AFTER AHAB HIS FATHER; either in the same chariot, or on horseback side by side, his guards or retinue following him two and two: THE LORD LAID THIS BURDEN UPON HIM; this heavy denunciation of vengeance by Elijah the prophet; and they being together, and pretty near, heard it, as he might remember, which follows....

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 (2 Chronicles 22:9) 4. Jezebel and her end (2 Kings 9:30) Jehu revealed the secret anointing as King over Israel, and under the blare of the trumpets the army hails him as King. “Jehu is King!” Oh! for that day when our Lord Jesus will be hailed as King to begin His righteous judgment over the earth. The Assyrian monuments bear interesting testimony to a good deal of the histo

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 Deuteronomic portion (2 Kings 9:7), we cannot fail to notice the detachment of the writer, who neither condemns nor approves, but merely relates the tragedy. Hosea (Hosea 1:4), a little more than a century later, evidently condemns the whole transaction, and traces the fall of Jehu's house to the blood of Jezreel. This is in strong contrast with the Deuteronomic passage,...

LAID, &C. Compare 1 Kings 21:29. BURDEN. a prophetic pronouncement of doom. Compare Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:1.Nahum 1:1.Habakkuk 1:1....

_rode together after Ahab his father_ Jehu had long experience of the doings of Ahab's family, and had not forgotten the prophetic words of Elijah. -Little did he think when he heard that message that his hands would act it" (Bp Hall). By -riding together after Ahab" we are not to understand that they were both together in the same chariot or both in Ahab's chariot, but that they were together among the king's retinue, when he went down to take possession of Naboth's vineyard. _laid this burden upon him_ Or (as R.V. margin) -uttered this oracle against him". The noun is that which is so often used by the prophets, especially Isaiah, for the oracle spoken against any city or nation. Cf. Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:1