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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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_went to Jezreel_ After these words the LXX. has "for Joram king of
Israel was being cured in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians gave
him in Ramoth in the battle with Hazael king of Syria, for he...
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II. CONFRONTATION AT JEZREEL 9:14-37
The historian takes pains to paint the backdrop for the _coup d-'etat_
in 2 Kings 9:14-16. Then, in a matter-of-fact way, he narrates the
bloody deaths of Jehoram...
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_SO JEHU RODE IN A CHARIOT, AND WENT TO JEZREEL; FOR JORAM LAY THERE.
AND AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH WAS COME DOWN TO SEE JORAM._
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel. Full of ambitious
designs,...
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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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LAY. — _Was lying_. His wounds were not yet quite healed.
AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH WAS COME DOWN. — See 2 Kings 8:29. After
relating what had meanwhile occurred with the army at Ramoth, the
narrative ret...
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וַ יִּרְכַּ֤ב יֵהוּא֙ וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ
יִזְרְעֶ֔אלָה...
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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...
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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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So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
And (e) Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
(e) God had thus ordained as in (2 Chronicles 12:7), that this wicked
an...
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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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SO JEHU RODE IN A CHARIOT,.... In great pomp and majesty as a king:
AND WENT TO JEZREEL: set forward on a march thither with his captains,
and part of his army at least, from Ramothgilead; which, acc...
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So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
Ver. 16. _And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down._] But to an ill
bargain,...
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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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So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there,
practically recovered from his wounds, but still unable or unwilling
to return to the army. AND AHAZIAH. KING OF JUDAH, WAS COME DOW...
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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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WENT TO JEZREEL, accompanied with the horsemen of his army....
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2 Kings 9:16 Jehu H3058 chariot H7392 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799)
Jezreel H3157 Joram H3141 laid H7901 ...
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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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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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2 Chronicles 22:6; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 Kings 8:28; 2 Kings 8:29...