and when thou comest thither, look out there, pick out by looking him up, Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, that is, into his house or tent, and make him arise up from among his brethren, his companions in arms, and carry him to an inner chamber, causing him to go to a place where they would be undisturbed.
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...
JEHU THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT. In the Assyrian inscriptions he is called the son of Omri....
_Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi_ Jehu was no doubt well known both in the army and elsewhere, and his afterlife shews that he was a man of action and with very slight scruples. The watc...
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 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 the...
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...
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 WHEN THOU COMEST THITHER. — Rather, _And enter into it — i.e._, into the town of Ramoth. This makes it clear that the Israelites had retaken Ramoth from the Syrians (comp. also the mention of “cha...
וּ בָ֖אתָ שָׁ֑מָּה וּ רְאֵֽה ־שָׁ֠ם יֵה֨וּא
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...
_Brethren. The captains, ver. 5._...
The only observation I would detain the Reader with on this passage, because it should seem to be of all others the most important, is the ceremony of anointing. When we behold how this service was un...
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...
_JEHU THE ADVENTURER_ ‘Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat.’ 2 Kings 9:2 Who was this adventurer? We may be sure he was no ordinary man who could found the most powerful of all the dynasties of Israel. I....
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 WHEN THOU COMEST THITHER,.... To Ramothgilead; but from whence he went is uncertain, doubtless where there was a school of the prophets, perhaps that which was erected near Jordan, on the other si...
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; Ver. 2. _Make...
_Make him arise up from among his brethren_ From the other officers of the army, 2 Kings 9:5. _Carry him to an inner chamber_ This he orders, partly that the work might not be hindered, and partly for...
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...
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...
INNER CHAMBER: _ Heb._ chamber in a chamber...
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...
Partly that the work may not be hindered, and partly for the security of thy own person. See 2 KINGS 9:3....
2 Kings 9:2 arrive H935 (H8804) look H7200 (H8798) Jehu H3058 son H1121 Jehoshaphat H3092 son H1121 Nimshi...
2 Kings 9:1 I. The Jewish prophet was not primarily or characteristically a foreteller. The sole power which the prophet possessed of declaring that which should be arose from his knowledge of that wh...
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 9:2 JEHU THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT, SON OF NIMSHI. Jehu was described in 1 Kings 19:16 only as “son of Nimshi” (see also...
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 19:16; 1 Kings 19:17; 1 Kings 20:30; 1 Kings 22:25; 2 Ki