A CONTINGENT OF THE REBELS, WITH JEHU AT THEIR HEAD, APPROACH JEZREEL, AND ARE CHALLENGED BY THE UNSUSPECTING KING (2 KINGS 9:15). The incident that follows is described in a way that deliberately brings out the suspense as we see the action unfolding. We all know what the situation was, while Jeho... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEATH OF JEHORAM AT THE HANDS OF JEHU IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PRONOUNCED JUDGMENT ON THE HOUSE OF AHAB BECAUSE OF THE MURDER OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE (2 KINGS 9:21). Now confident at least of their security the two kings themselves set out in their chariots to meet Jehu, and they found him in... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Jehu pursued him and called on his fellow charioteers to smite him as well, in his chariot. This th... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON JEZEBEL (2 KINGS 9:30). The fact that YHWH carried out his judgment on Jehoram and Ahaziah, and now on Jezebel, through Jehu, does not mean that YHWH would approve wholly of all Jehu's methods, and later Jehu is castigated for his excesses (see Hosea 1:4). But he is commended for... [ Continue Reading ]