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Verse 2 Kings 9:17. _A WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER_] These watchmen, fixed
on elevated places and generally within hearing of each other, served
as a kind of _telegraphs_, to communicate intelligence throu...
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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...
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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...
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AN HORSEMAN, or. charioteer....
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_And there stood a watchman_ R.V. NOW THE WATCHMAN STOOD. While such
danger was threatening one part of the land, and the army was in the
field, the watchman would be kept permanently on the lookout f...
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THERE STOOD A WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER— In times of peace as well as
war, it was usual to have watchmen set on high and eminent places
wherever the king was, to prevent his being surprised. Thus David at...
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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...
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_AND THERE STOOD A WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER IN JEZREEL, AND HE SPIED THE
COMPANY OF JEHU AS HE CAME, AND SAID, I SEE A COMPANY. AND JORAM SAID,
TAKE AN HORSEMAN, AND SEND TO MEET THEM, AND LET HIM SAY, I...
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_IS IT_ peace?] i.e 'is all well?' (the same word as in 2 Kings 9:11
and in 2 Kings 5:21)....
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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...
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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...
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AND THERE STOOD A WATCHMAN. — Literally, _and the watchman was
standing_. The tower was attached to the palace, and the latter was,
perhaps, near the eastern wall of the town.
THE COMPANY OF JEHU. — T...
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וְ הַ צֹּפֶה֩ עֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל ־הַ
מִּגְדָּ֜ל
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THE REVOLT OF JEHU
2 Kings 9:1
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" _ Te semper anteit saeva Necessitas, Clavos trabales et cuneos manu,
Gestans ahena._ "
- HORAT., " _ Od.,_ " I 35:17
A LONG period had elapsed since Elija...
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“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...
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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...
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_Watchman. Such were very common, (2 Kings xviii. 24., and 1 Machabees
xii. 26.) and as the army was at Ramoth, the attention of the people
would be drawn that way. (Calmet) --- Troop. Septuagint, "th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THERE STOOD A WATCHMAN ON THE TOWER OF JEZREEL,.... Who could see
afar off when an enemy was coming, and his business was to give notice
of it; and especially he was now on his watch tower, becaus...
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And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said,
Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [I...
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_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...
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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...
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And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he, faithful
in the performance of his duty while the kings were enjoying their
visit in the palace, SPIED THE COMPANY OF JEHU AS HE CAME AND SA...
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DEATH OF JORAM...
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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...
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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...
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Inquire who it is comes, and if he come upon peaceable terms. For he
feared, lest either the Syrians had prevailed there, or some sedition
or rebellion was raised against him; which the example of Lib...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 9:1
THE ANOINTING OF JEHU. His MURDER OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH. THE DEATH OF
JEZEBEL....
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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...
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1 Kings 2:15; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Samuel 17:22; 2 Kings 7:14; 2 Kings
9:19