2 Kings 9:1
CHILDREN. sons. BOX OF OIL. oil flask. OIL. For its use in consecration see 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 16:13. RAMOTH-GILEAD. Israelite army on guard here. Compare 2 Kings 9:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. BOX OF OIL. oil flask. OIL. For its use in consecration see 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 16:13. RAMOTH-GILEAD. Israelite army on guard here. Compare 2 Kings 9:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHU THE SON OF JEHOSHAPHAT. In the Assyrian inscriptions he is called the son of Omri.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. KING. to be king. OVER, or unto,... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE AROSE: i.e. Jehu arose. HE POURED: i.e. the prophet poured. GOD. Hebrew Elohirn. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT, &C.. every male.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, &C. Both these houses had been exterminated (1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
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, &C.. Why, ye are in the secret, or ye know all about the man. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAIRS. steps. Acts 21:30; Acts 21:40. IS KING. reigneth.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD KEPT. had been keeping.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS RETURNED. Compare 2 Kings 8:29. MINDS. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. The parenthesis in verses: 2 Kings 9:14 is so placed by the Structure. See above.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HORSEMAN, or. charioteer.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Anteisagoge_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOREDOMS. idolatry. Joined together. Compare WITCHCRAFTS. spiritism. Numbers 24:1; Numbers 25:1; Numbers 31:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURNED HIS HANDS: i.e. to wheel his chariot round.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETWEEN HIS ARMS: i.e. between his shoulders.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID, &C. Compare 1 Kings 21:29. BURDEN. a prophetic pronouncement of doom. Compare Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 17:1.Nahum 1:1.Habakkuk 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLOOD OF HIS SONS. Additional information here given to that in 1 Kings 21:13. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. PLAT. portion. Compare 2 Kings 9:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY DID SO. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "and they smote him".... [ Continue Reading ]
TO JERUSALEM. Septuagint reads "and brought him to Jerusalem".... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARD OF IT: i.e. of the murder of her grandson. FACE. eyebrows and eyelids. TIRED. adorned. A WINDOW. the lattice.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD ZIMRI PEACE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. See 1 Kings 16:9. Suggesting the wisdom of coming to terms with her. MASTER. lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
A KING'S DAUGHTER. A daughter of Eth-baal, king of Zidon (1 Kings 16:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SPAKE. Compare 1 Kings 21:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIELD. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulg, read "ground". SO THAT, &C.. [something] of which they shall not say, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]