Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Kings 9:18
What hast thou to do with peace? - i. e., “What does it matter to thee whether my errand is one of peace or not?”
What hast thou to do with peace? - i. e., “What does it matter to thee whether my errand is one of peace or not?”
Verse 2 Kings 9:18. _WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE?_] "What is it to thee whether there be peace or war? Join my company, and fall into the rear....
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...
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Anteisagoge_ (App-6)....
_What hast thou to do with peace?_ What concern is it of thine whether I come peaceably or not? My errand is not to thee. Josephus says the messenger's enquiry was about affairs in the camp, for that...
B. THE DEATH OF JEHORAM OF ISRAEL 9:17-26 TRANSLATION (17) Now the watchman was standing upon the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and he said, A company I see! And Joram...
_SO THERE WENT ONE ON HORSEBACK TO MEET HIM, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE KING, IS IT PEACE? AND JEHU SAID, WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE? TURN THEE BEHIND ME. AND THE WATCHMAN TOLD, SAYING, THE MESSENG...
TURN THEE BEHIND ME] The command had the same object as that in 2 Kings 9:15, viz. to prevent warning being given....
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...
ONE ON HORSEBACK. — Literally, _the rider of the horse._ WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE? — A rough evasion: “What business is it of yours, on what ground I am come?” Conscious of his strength, Jehu...
וַ יֵּלֶךְ֩ רֹכֵ֨ב הַ סּ֜וּס לִ קְרָאתֹ֗ו
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 DRIVING OF JEHU” 2 Kings 9:14 Many times in this chapter the question is asked, though in varying tones, “Is it peace?” The horsemen ask it of the furious driver; the king asks it of his captain...
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...
_Peace? As this expression sufficiently vindicated the designs of Jehu, he would not suffer the messenger to return before him. (Haydock)_...
The whole design of this being from the Lord, we have only to remark how the various circumstances all concurred to insure the ruin of Ahab's house. From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was no small distance...
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...
_PEACE, OR A SWORD?_ ‘And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.’ 2 Kings 9:18 I. THE DISPENSATION OF JUDGMENT AND THE DISPENSATION OF LOVE, SO OPPOSITE IN ALL POINTS, DID...
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...
SO THERE WENT ONE ON HORSEBACK TO MEET HIM, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE KING, IS IT PEACE?.... Are things well in the army, or any disturbance in the kingdom? are you come as friends or enemies? AND JEH...
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messen...
_There stood a watchmen on the tower_ For watchmen were set on high places in time of peace as well as war wherever the king was, that he might not be surprised. _Let him say, Is it peace?_ Inquire wh...
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...
So there went one on horseback to meet him and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu, energetic and resourceful as he was, SAID, WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE? He should not worry about i...
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...
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...
WHAT HAST THOU TO DO WITH PEACE? what right hast thou, or thy master that sent thee, to peace?...
2 Kings 9:18 horseman H7392 (H8802) H5483 went H3212 (H8799) meet H7125 (H8800) said H559 ...
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 bri...
2 Kings 9:18 I. The dispensation of judgment and the dispensation of love, so opposite in all points, did, in fact, proceed from one and the same Divine will. The sword of Jehu and the healing voice o...
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 9:17 I SEE A COMPANY. As Jehu approaches with his army, the people in the city are not sure what is happening. ⇐
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 Kings 9:19; 2 Kings 9:22; Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 59:8; Jeremiah 16:5;...