_AND ELISHA THE PROPHET CALLED ONE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE PROPHETS, AND SAID UNTO HIM, GIRD UP THY LOINS, AND TAKE THIS BOX OF OIL IN THINE HAND, AND GO TO RAMOTH-GILEAD:_ Elisha ... called one of the children or the prophets. This errand referred to the last commission given to Elijah in Horeb (1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THOU COMEST THITHER, LOOK OUT THERE JEHU THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT THE SON OF NIMSHI, AND GO IN, AND MAKE HIM ARISE UP FROM AMONG HIS BRETHREN, AND CARRY HIM TO AN INNER CHAMBER;_ Look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. It appears from this that he was the grandson of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN TAKE THE BOX OF OIL, AND POUR IT ON HIS HEAD, AND SAY, THUS SAITH THE LORD, I HAVE ANOINTED THEE KING OVER ISRAEL. THEN OPEN THE DOOR, AND FLEE, AND TARRY NOT._ I have anointed thee king over Israel. This was only a part of the message, the full announcement of which is given, 2 Kings 9:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE YOUNG MAN, EVEN THE YOUNG MAN THE PROPHET, WENT TO RAMOTH-GILEAD._ So the young man ... went to Ramoth-gilead. His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission SO THE YOUNG MAN ... WENT TO RAMOTH-GILEAD. His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE CAME, BEHOLD, THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST WERE SITTING; AND HE SAID, I HAVE AN ERRAND TO THEE, O CAPTAIN. AND JEHU SAID, UNTO WHICH OF ALL US? AND HE SAID, TO THEE, O CAPTAIN._ He said, I have an errand to thee, O captain, х_ HASAAR_ (H8269), prince, leader; Septuagint, _ HO_ (G3588) _ AR... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE AROSE, AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE; AND HE POURED THE OIL ON HIS HEAD, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, I HAVE ANOINTED THEE KING OVER THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, EVEN OVER ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL IN THE PORTION OF JEZREEL, AND THERE SHALL BE NONE TO BURY HER. AND HE OPENED THE DOOR, AND FLED._ In the portion of Jezreel - i:e., that had formerly been the vineyard of Naboth.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 well? Jehu's attendants knew that the stranger belonged to the order of the prophets by his garb, ges... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAID, IT IS FALSE; TELL US NOW. AND HE SAID, THUS AND THUS SPAKE HE TO ME, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, I HAVE ANOINTED THEE KING OVER ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THEY HASTED, AND TOOK EVERY MAN HIS GARMENT, AND PUT IT UNDER HIM ON THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, AND BLEW WITH TRUMPETS, SAYING, JEHU IS KING._ Hasted, and took every man his garment. The upper cloak, which they spread on the ground as a token of their homage to their distinguished commander (Matt... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JEHU THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT THE SON OF NIMSHI CONSPIRED AGAINST JORAM. (NOW JORAM HAD KEPT RAMOTH-GILEAD, HE AND ALL ISRAEL, BECAUSE OF HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA._ Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead - rather, was keeping, guarding, or besieging it, with the greater part of the military force of Israel, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 FORTH NOR ESCAPE OUT OF THE CITY TO GO TO TELL IT IN JEZREEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO JEHU RODE IN A CHARIOT, AND WENT TO JEZREEL; FOR JORAM LAY THERE. AND AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH WAS COME DOWN TO SEE JORAM._ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel. Full of ambitious designs, he immediately proceeded to cross the Jordan to execute his commission on the house of Ahab.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE STOOD A WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER IN JEZREEL, AND HE SPIED THE COMPANY OF JEHU AS HE CAME, AND SAID, I SEE A COMPANY. AND JORAM SAID, TAKE AN HORSEMAN, AND SEND TO MEET THEM, AND LET HIM SAY, IS IT PEACE?_ A watchman on the tower in Jezreel, х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ HAMIGDAAL_ (H4026)]. The Migdol... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THERE WENT ONE ON HORSEBACK TO MEET HIM, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE KING, IS IT PEACE? AND JEHU SAID, WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE? TURN THEE BEHIND ME. AND THE WATCHMAN TOLD, SAYING, THE MESSENGER CAME TO THEM, BUT HE COMETH NOT AGAIN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JORAM SAID, MAKE READY. AND HIS CHARIOT WAS MADE READY. AND JORAM KING OF ISRAEL AND AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH WENT OUT, EACH IN HIS CHARIOT, AND THEY WENT OUT AGAINST JEHU, AND MET HIM IN THE PORTION OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE._ And they went out against Jehu х_ LIQRA'T_ (H7125), to meet Jehu; Sept... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 saw Jehu ... he said, Is it peace, Jehu? Until that moment Joram had no apprehension of danger; but th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JORAM TURNED HIS HANDS, AND FLED, AND SAID TO AHAZIAH, THERE IS TREACHERY, O AHAZIAH._ Joram turned his hands - i:e., the reins of his chariot-steed, and exclaiming to his royal companion, 'Treason!' prepared for flight homeward.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHU DREW A BOW WITH HIS FULL STRENGTH, AND SMOTE JEHORAM BETWEEN HIS ARMS, AND THE ARROW WENT OUT AT HIS HEART, AND HE SUNK DOWN IN HIS CHARIOT._ Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, х_ MILEE'_ (H4390) _ YAADOW_ (H3027) _ BAQESHET_ (H7198), filled his hand with the bow] - i:e., drew it out... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_SURELY I HAVE SEEN YESTERDAY THE BLOOD OF NABOTH, AND THE BLOOD OF HIS SONS, SAITH THE LORD; AND I WILL REQUITE THEE IN THIS PLAT, SAITH THE LORD. NOW THEREFORE TAKE AND CAST HIM INTO THE PLAT OF GROUND, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD._ The blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons. Although t... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT WHEN AHAZIAH THE KING OF JUDAH SAW THIS, HE FLED BY THE WAY OF THE GARDEN HOUSE. AND JEHU FOLLOWED AFTER HIM, AND SAID, SMITE HIM ALSO IN THE CHARIOT. AND THEY DID SO AT THE GOING UP TO GUR, WHICH IS BY IBLEAM. AND HE FLED TO MEGIDDO, AND DIED THERE._ AHAZIAH - was grand-nephew to king Joram, a... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN JEHU WAS COME TO JEZREEL, JEZEBEL HEARD OF IT; AND SHE PAINTED HER FACE, AND TIRED HER HEAD, AND LOOKED OUT AT A WINDOW._ Jezebel ... painted her face, х_ `EEYNEYHAA_ (H5869), her eyes; _ BAPUWK_ (H6320), in the painting; 'put her eyes in the painting,'] according to a custom universal in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS JEHU ENTERED IN AT THE GATE, SHE SAID, HAD ZIMRI PEACE, WHO SLEW HIS MASTER?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WENT TO BURY HER: BUT THEY FOUND NO MORE OF HER THAN THE SKULL, AND THE FEET, AND THE PALMS OF HER HANDS._ Found no more of her than the skull ... The dog has a rooted aversion to prey on the human hands and feet. On Jehu's assumption of the royal authority, he commanded the palace attend... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE THEY CAME AGAIN, AND TOLD HIM. AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY HIS SERVANT ELIJAH THE TISHBITE, SAYING, IN THE PORTION OF JEZREEL SHALL DOGS EAT THE FLESH OF JEZEBEL:_ He said, This is the word of the Lord - (see the notes at 1 Kings 21:23.) Jehu's statement,... [ Continue Reading ]