Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Kings 9:11
This mad fellow - The captains, seeing his excited look, his strange action, and his extreme haste, call him (as soldiers would) “this wild fellow.”
This mad fellow - The captains, seeing his excited look, his strange action, and his extreme haste, call him (as soldiers would) “this wild fellow.”
Verse 2 Kings 9:11. _WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD_ FELLOW _TO THEE?_] Was it because he was a _holy man_ of God that he was reputed by a club of irreligious officers to be a madman? In vain do such preten...
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...
ONE SAID.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "they said". IS ALL WELL? Hebrew Is it peace? YE KNOW...
Jehu is proclaimed, and goes to Jezreel. Joram is slain, and his body cast into the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite (Not in Chronicles) 11. _to the servants of his lord_ i.e. To the other captains w...
WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD FELLOW TO THEE?— See Numbers 11:25. The officers who were in company with Jehu might easily perceive, by the air, habit, and manner of speech of the person who accosted Jehu so...
B. THE ACCLAMATION OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS 9:11-13 TRANSLATION (11) And Jehu went out unto the servants of his master and one said unto him, Is all well? Why did this madman come unto you? And he said...
_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 w...
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...
THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD. — Jehoram’s captains. AND ONE SAID. — Many MSS. and all the versions, except the Targum, have “and they said.” IS ALL WELL? — They dreaded some sinister news. THIS MAD FEL...
וְ יֵה֗וּא יָצָא֙ אֶל ־עַבְדֵ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔יו וַ
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...
Then Jehu came forth to the (c) servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this (d) mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communicatio...
Madman. The extravagant motions of the false prophets caused even the true ones to be treated with contempt. Warriors are but too apt to give way to sentiments of irreligion, (Menochius) and to despis...
It should seem from the manner in which the captains received Jehu on his return from the prophet, that they were not much disposed at first to treat the prophet, or his message, with respect. But pro...
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...
THEN JEHU CAME FORTH TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD,.... The rest of the captains of the army, who served under Joram as he did: AND ONE SAID UNTO HIM, IS ALL WELL? one of the captains, the greatest of...
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. Ver....
_Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?_ What business has he with thee? And why wouldst thou gratify him so far as to retire to converse with him? They perceived him to be a prophet by his air, habi...
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...
Then Jehu came forth, out of the inner chamber, TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD, his fellow-councilors and companions in arms; AND ONE SAID UNTO HIM, IS ALL WELL? They all were anxious to know whether it...
DEATH OF JORAM...
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...
11-15 Those who faithfully deliver the Lord's message to sinners, have in all ages been treated as madmen. Their judgment, speech, and conduct are contrary to those of other men; they endure much in...
TO THE SERVANTS OF HIS LORD; to the rest of the commanders and officers there present. IS ALL WELL? is not this unlucky messenger come with some ill tidings? WHEREFORE CAME THIS MAD FELLOW? they perce...
2 Kings 9:11 Jehu H3058 out H3318 (H8804) servants H5650 master H113 said H559 (H8799) well H7965 madman...
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...
_Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?_ THE REPROACH OF TRUE RELIGION The man who was spoken of in this contemptuous manner was a prophet of God, sent by another prophet to a fellow-subject, with t...
_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.
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 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 5:13; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 5:21;...
Mad fellow — They perceived him to be a prophet by his habit, and gestures, and manner of speech. And these prophane soldiers esteemed the prophets mad — men. Those that have no religion, commonly spe...