George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 9:10
Field, between the inner and the outer wall. Her body shall be left exposed to be eaten by the dogs.
Field, between the inner and the outer wall. Her body shall be left exposed to be eaten by the dogs.
Verse 2 Kings 9:10. _THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL_] How most minutely was this prophecy fulfilled! See 2 Kings 9:33, c....
8. THE ANOINTING OF JEHU CHAPTER 9:1-10 _ 1. The commission (2 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Jehu anointed (2 Kings 9:4) The hour of judgment for the house of Ahab has come. The instrument for it, mentioned long...
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...
_the dogs shall eat Jezebel_ This fate had been foretold by Elijah 1 Kings 21:23. The dogs in Eastern cities prowl hungrily about, and act as scavengers. Hence they are in bad repute, and the name -do...
I. THE ANOINTING OF JEHU 9:1-13 Jehu, the commander of the garrison at Ramoth-gilead, was selected by God to execute the divine wrath against the Omri dynasty. Quite unexpectedly, Jehu was thrust into...
_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 vineyar...
9:10 plot (b-9) Or 'portion,' 'allotment;' and so vers. 21,25,26,36,37....
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...
IN.. JEZREEL] the scene of Ahab's murder of Naboth (1 Kings 21). II. THIS MAD _fellow_] The wild demeanour and excited utterances of the prophets (see 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 19:20.) particularly expo...
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...
AND THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL. — Literally, _and Jezebel the dogs shall eat_. (Comp. Elijah’s threat, 1 Kings 21:23.)...
וְ אֶת ־אִיזֶ֜בֶל יֹאכְל֧וּ הַ כְּלָבִ֛ים בְּ
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...
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...
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...
In the commission which Elisha had intrusted this servant among the prophets with, no doubt more was intimated to him than is related in the chapter, from the addition he made in this command, how Jeh...
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...
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...
AND THE DOGS SHALL EAT JEZEBEL IN THE PORTION OF JEZREEL,.... Or in the field of Jezreel; the Targum is, the inheritance of Jezreel; this is also threatened, 1 Kings 21:23 AND [THERE SHALL BE] NONE T...
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. Ver. 10. _In the portion of Jezreel._] In some place about the cit...
_In the portion of Jezreel_ In that portion of land, in or near the city, which belonged to Naboth. _There shall be none to bury her_ That is, none shall bury her, or she shall not be buried; for it a...
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...
The Announcement of Jehu's Elevation...
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel; and there shall be none to bury her, to give her an honorable interment. AND HE OPENED THE DOOR AND FLED, lest he be involved in questions wit...
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...
1-10 In these and the like events, we must acknowledge the secret working of God, disposing men to fulfil his purposes respecting them. Jehu was anointed king over Israel, by the Lord's special choic...
IN THE PORTION OF JEZREEL; in that part of land in or near the city, which belonged to Naboth....
2 Kings 9:10 dogs H3611 eat H398 (H8799) Jezebel H348 plot H2506 Jezreel H3157 bury H6912 (H8802) opened...
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...
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...
_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...
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.
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 9:10 NONE SHALL BURY HER. It was considered a terrible thing in Israel not to be given a proper burial (see Deuteronomy 28:25;...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 9:1 THE ANOINTING OF JEHU. His MURDER OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH. THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL....
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...
1 Kings 21:23; 2 Kings 9:3; 2 Kings 9:35; 2 Kings 9:36; Jeremiah 22:19