Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 9:21
Verse 2 Kings 9:21. Joram - and Ahaziah - went out] They had no suspicion of what was done at Ramoth-gilead; else they would not have ventured their persons as they now did.
Verse 2 Kings 9:21. Joram - and Ahaziah - went out] They had no suspicion of what was done at Ramoth-gilead; else they would not have ventured their persons as they now did.
MAKE READY - literally, (as in margin) “Blind,” i. e., “Harness the horses to the chariot.” The king had no suspicion of Jehu’s treason. Probably he imagined that he was bringing him important news fr...
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...
_Make ready_ Literally as in margin of R.V. -yoke". The mention of Jehu has shewn Joram that the reason must be a weighty one which brings the commander of the army from Ramoth at full speed. So he go...
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...
_AND JORAM SAID, MAKE READY. AND HIS CHARIOT WAS MADE READY. AND JORAM KING OF ISRAEL AND AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH WENT OUT, EACH IN HIS CHARIOT, AND THEY WENT OUT AGAINST JEHU, AND MET HIM IN THE PORTIO...
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...
MAKE READY. — Literally, _bind_ — _i.e._, the horses to the chariot. AND HIS CHARIOT WAS MADE READY. — Literally, _And one bound his chariot._ AGAINST JEHU. — Rather, _to meet Jehu._ Joram was curio...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹורָם֙ אֱסֹ֔ר וַ יֶּאְסֹ֖ר רִכ
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...
What a remarkable coincidence of circumstances must it have been to have brought those persons to the very spot of Naboth's vineyard! as if to remind Joram of the cause of his death, and his merited j...
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...
AND JORAM SAID, MAKE READY,.... The chariot, put to the horses; bind them, as the word signifies, to the chariot: AND HIS CHARIOT WAS MADE READY; by his servants immediately: AND JORAM KING OF ISRAE...
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion...
_They went out against him_ Or rather, _to meet him_, that they might know his intention, and, by their presence, repress any seditious inclinations which might be in Jehu or his followers. _And met h...
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...
And Joram said, Make ready, equivalent to our: Put on the harness, hitch up! AND HIS CHARIOT WAS MADE READY. AND JORAM, KING OF ISRAEL, AND AHAZIAH, KING OF JUDAH, WENT OUT, EACH IN HIS CHARIOT, AND T...
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...
MAKE READY: _ Heb._ bind MET HIM: _ Heb._ found...
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...
AGAINST JEHU, or, _to meet Jehu_, to know his intentions, and by his presence to repress any seditious inclinations which might be in Jehu or his followers. IN THE PORTION OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE; in...
2 Kings 9:21 Joram H3088 said H559 (H8799) ready H631 (H8798) chariot H7393 ready H631 (H8799) Joram...
THE DEATH OF JEHORAM AT THE HANDS OF JEHU IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PRONOUNCED JUDGMENT ON THE HOUSE OF AHAB BECAUSE OF THE MURDER OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE (2 KINGS 9:21). Now confident at least of th...
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...
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...
1 Kings 20:14; 1 Kings 21:15; 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 21:18; 1 K
Portion of Naboth — The very sight of that ground was enough to make Jehu triumph and Joram tremble. The circumstances of events are sometimes so ordered by Divine providence, as to make the punishmen...