George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 9:29
Eleventh, or rather the twelfth, (chap. viii. 25.; Houbigant) unless he had been associated with his father on the throne a year before his death. (Calmet) (Du Hamel)
Eleventh, or rather the twelfth, (chap. viii. 25.; Houbigant) unless he had been associated with his father on the throne a year before his death. (Calmet) (Du Hamel)
Verse 29. _IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF JORAM_] The note in our _margin_ contains as good an account of this chronological difficulty as can be reasonably required: _Then he began to reign as viceroy to_...
IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR - The twelfth according to 2 Kings 8:25. The discrepancy may be best explained from two ways of reckoning the accession of Ahaziah, who is likely to have been regent for his fathe...
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 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...
_And in the eleventh year of Joram_… began _Ahaziah to reign_ This verse seems out of place. It is not usual to mention the date at which a king begins to reign, after his death, but at his accession....
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...
_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....
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...
ELEVENTH] in 2 Kings 8:25; 'twelfth.'...
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...
IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF JORAM. — 2 Kings 8:25 says “in the twelfth year of Joram.” Such a difference is not remarkable, inasmuch as the synchronisms between the reigns of the two kingdoms are not base...
וּ בִ שְׁנַת֙ אַחַ֣ת עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לְ
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 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...
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...
And in the (k) eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. (k) That is, eleven whole years: for in (2 Kings 8:25) when he said he began to reign in the twelfth year of J...
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...
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 IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF JORAM THE SON OF AHAB BEGAN AHAZIAH TO REIGN OVER JUDAH. In 2 Kings 8:25, it is said to be in the twelfth year of his reign; it was at the close of the eleventh, and the be...
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. Ver. 29. _And in the eleventh year._] See 2 Kings 8:25 ....
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...
And in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reign over Judah, the difference between this statement and that of 2 Kings 8:25, being due to a difference in reckoning the first...
DEATH OF AHAZIAH AND JEZEBEL...
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...
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...
Of this SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 8:25"....
2 Kings 9:29 eleventh H259 H6240 H8141 year H8141 Joram H3141 son H1121 Ahab H256 Ahaziah H274 king...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 22:2;...