Verse 31. Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?] Jarchi paraphrases this place thus: "If thou hast slain thy master, it is no new thing; for Zimri also slew Elah, the son of Baasha;" which words were rather intended to conciliate than to provoke. But the words are understood by most of the versions thus: Health to Zimri, the slayer of his master!
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...
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....
_at the gate_ Of Jezreel. The king's palace was sure to be there, because it was the custom for the king to sit in the gate to hear causes and complaints brought to him for judgement. Had _Zimri peac...
D. THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL 9:30-37 TRANSLATION (30) Now when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put on eye make-up, and adorned her head, and looked out the window. (31) When Jehu came i...
_AND AS JEHU ENTERED IN AT THE GATE, SHE SAID, HAD ZIMRI PEACE, WHO SLEW HIS MASTER?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
9:31 Zimri, (c-14) Or 'Had Zimri peace ...?'...
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...
Had ZIMRI PEACE, etc.] RV 'is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer': see 1 Kings 16:9. Perhaps Jezebel, by reminding Jehu of the fate of Zimri, wished to suggest to him the wisdom of making ove...
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...
AND AS... SHE SAID. — _And Jehu had come into the gate, and she said._ HAD ZIMRI... MASTER? — Rather, _Art well_ (_literally, Is it peace_)_, thou Zimri, his master’s murderer_? The “Is it peace?” whi...
וְ יֵה֖וּא בָּ֣א בַ † שָּׁ֑עַר וַ...
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 WORD OF THE LORD BY ELIJAH” 2 Kings 9:27 Let us read again 1 Kings 21:23. How those words came back to the two men, who had heard them from the lips of God's servant years before! God's mills gr...
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...
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] (m) Zimri peace, who slew his master? (m) As if to say, "Can a traitor or anyone who rises against his superior succeed?", see (1 Kings 16:10)....
_Master. Being convinced that she could not gain the affections of Jehu, (Haydock) and thinking that he would not lay hands on a woman, (Menochius) she insolently, or in despair, (Haydock) upbraids hi...
The character of Jezebel is one of the most awful we meet with in history among women. So much so, that a false prophetess in the revelations, and probably by way of pointing out more emphatically her...
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 AS JEHU ENTERED IN AT THE GATE,.... Either of the city of Jezreel, or of the king's palace: SHE SAID, [HAD] ZIMRI PEACE, WHO SLEW HIS MASTER? Elah the son of Baasha king of Israel; no, he had not...
_And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?_ Ver. 31. _She said, Had Zimri peace?_] Or, O Zimri - so she calleth Jehu, his master's murderer, - shall it be...
_Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?_ Remember that thy brother traitor, Zimri, had but a very short enjoyment of the benefit of his treason, and was speedily and severely punished for it by my gran...
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 as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? 1 Kings 16; 1 Kings 9-20, literally, "Is it peace, thou Zimri, murderer of his lord?" She wanted to terrify the rebe...
DEATH OF AHAZIAH AND JEZEBEL...
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...
30-37 Instead of hiding herself, as one afraid of Divine vengeance, Jezebel mocked at fear. See how a heart, hardened against God, will brave it out to the last. There is not a surer presage of ruin,...
AT THE GATE of the king's palace. HAD ZIMRI PEACE, who slew his master? remember that thy brother traitor Zimri had but a very short enjoyment of the benefit of his treason, and was speedily and sever...
2 Kings 9:31 Jehu H3058 entered H935 (H8804) gate H8179 said H559 (H8799) peace H7965 Zimri H2174 murderer...
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON JEZEBEL (2 KINGS 9:30). The fact that YHWH carried out his judgment on Jehoram and Ahaziah, and now on Jezebel, through Jehu, does not mean that YHWH would approve wholly of all Jeh...
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...
_Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?_ DIVINE PURPOSES AND HUMAN AGENCIES These are not the words of the Spirit of God, but of that wicked witch Jezebel, wife of the idolatrous Ahab. Nevertheless, t...
_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 9:31 Jezebel sarcastically compares Jehu to a previous king, ZIMRI, whose reign lasted only seven days (1 Kings 16:8). She implies that Jehu will not
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 16:9; 2 Kings 9:18...
Had Zimri — Remember thy brother traitor Zimri had but a very short enjoyment of the benefit of his treason....