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9:1 Now Elisha <0477> the prophet <05030> summoned <07121> a <0259> member <01121> of the prophetic guild <05030> and told <0559> him, “Tuck <02296> your robes into your belt <04975>, take <03947> this <02088> container <06378> of olive oil <08081> in your hand <03027>, and go <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 9:2 When you arrive <0935> there <08033>, look <07200> for Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> and take <0935> him aside <08432> into an inner room <02315>. 9:3 Take <03947> the container <06378> of olive oil <08081>, pour <03332> it over <05921> his head <07218>, and say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, “I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> Israel <03478>.”’ Then open <06605> the door <01817> and run away <05127> quickly <02442> <03808>!” 9:4 So the young <05288> <05288> prophet <05030> went <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 9:5 When he arrived <0935>, the officers <08269> of the army <02428> were sitting <03427> there. So he said <0559>, “I have a message <01697> for <0413> you, O officer <08269>.” Jehu <03058> asked <0559>, “For <0413> which <04310> one of us <03605>?” He replied <0559>, “For <0413> you, O officer <08269>.” 9:6 So Jehu got up <06965> and went <0935> inside <01004>. Then the prophet poured <03332> the olive oil <08081> on <0413> his head <07218> and said <0559> to him, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>, ‘I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> the Lord’s <03068> people <05971> Israel <03478>. 9:7 You will destroy <05221> the family <01004> of your master <0113> Ahab <0256>. I will get revenge <05358> against <03027> Jezebel <0348> for the shed blood <01818> of my servants <05650> the prophets <05030> and for the shed blood <01818> of all <03605> the Lord’s <03068> servants <05650>. 9:8 Ahab’s <0256> entire <03605> family <01004> will die <06>. I will cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Ahab <0256> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>. 9:9 I will make <05414> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> like those <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and Baasha <01201> son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>. 9:10 Dogs <03611> will devour <0398> Jezebel <0348> on the plot of ground <02506> in Jezreel <03157>; she will not <0369> be buried <06912>.’” Then he opened <06605> the door <01817> and ran away <05127>. 9:11 When Jehu <03058> rejoined <0413> <03318> his master’s <0113> servants <05650>, they asked <0559> him, “Is everything <07965> all right? Why <04069> did this <02088> madman <07696> visit <0413> you?” He replied <0559>, “Ah, it’s not important. You <0859> know <03045> what kind of man <0376> he is and the kinds of things <07879> he says <07879>.”

• 2Ki 9:1-13 -- Jehu Becomes King

• Jehu

  [ebd] Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2...
  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [smith] (the living). The founder of the fifth dynasty of the kingdom of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat. (2 Kings 9:2) He reigned over Israel 28 years, B.C. 884-856. His first appearance in history is when he heard the warning of Eli...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• Elisha

  [ebd] God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). ...
  [nave] ELISHA, successor to the prophet Elijah. Elijah instructed to anoint, 1 Kin. 19:16. Called by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:19. Ministers to Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:21. Witnesses Elijah's translation, receives a double portion of his spirit...
  

• JEHORAM

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very ...
  

• Enthusiasm

  [nave] ENTHUSIASM. Instances of Gideon, Judg. 6; 7; Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:1-14; 10:1-28. See: Zeal.
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• Jezebel

  [ebd] chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel (1 Kings 16:31). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and...
  [isbe] JEZEBEL - jez'-e-bel 'izebhel, "unexalted," "unhusbanded" (?); Iezabel; see BDB; 1 Ki 16:31; 18:4,13,19; 19:1,2; 21:5 ff; 2 Ki 9:7 ff,30 ff; Rev 2:20): Daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, i.e. Phoenicians, and queen ...
  [smith] (chaste), wife of Ahab king of Israel. (B.C. 883.) She was a Phoenician princess, daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians. In her hands her husband became a mere puppet. (1 Kings 21:25) The first effect of her influence ...
  [nave] JEZEBEL Daughter of Ethbaal, a Sidonian, and wife of Ahab, 1 Kin. 16:31. Was an idolater and persecuted the prophets of God, 1 Kin. 18:4, 13, 19; 2 Kin. 3:2, 13; 9:7, 22. Vowed to kill Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:1-3. Wickedly acc...
  

• Elijah

  [ebd] whose God is Jehovah. (1.) "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, ...
  

• Ramoth-gilead

  [ebd] heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:38). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to rescue it from the hands of the king of Syria, was mo...
  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Anointing

  [isbe] ANOINTING - a-noint'-ing: A distinction was made by the ancient Hebrews between anointing with oil in private use, as in making one's toilet (cukh), and anointing as a religious rite (mashach). 1. Ordinary Use: (1) As regard...
  [nave] ANOINTING Of the body, Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; Esth. 2:12; Psa. 92:10; 104:15; 141:5; Prov. 27:9, 16; Eccl. 9:8; Song 1:3; 4:10; Isa. 57:9; Amos 6:6; Mic. 6:15. Of guests, 2 Chr. 28:15; Luke 7:46; the sick, Isa. 1:6; Mark 6:...
  

• Box

  [ebd] for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where ...
  [isbe] BOX - The passages in which this word occurs are 2 Ki 9:1,3 (Hebrew pakh, "cruet," "flask," the Revised Version (British and American) vial) and the synoptic passages Mt 26:7 the King James Version; Mk 14:3 the King James Ve...
  [nave] BOX For oil, 2 Kin. 9:1-3. Made of alabaster, Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37.
  

• Jezreel, Blood of

  [ebd] the murder perpetrated here by Ahab and Jehu (Hos. 1:4; comp. 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 9:6-10).
  

• Nimshi

  [ebd] saved. Jehu was "the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi" (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).
  [isbe] NIMSHI - nim'-shi (nimshi): The grandfather of Jehu (2 Ki 9:2,14). Jehu's usual designation is "son of Nimshi" (1 Ki 19:16).
  [smith] (rescued), the grandfather of Jehu, who is generally called "the son of Nimshi." (1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:2; 14,20; 2 Chronicles 22:7)
  [nave] NIMSHI, father of Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:2, 20.
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [ebd] Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah judges.) King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8:16) ...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• SAUL

  [isbe] SAUL - sol (sha'ul; Saoul): (1) The first king of Israel. I. EARLY HISTORY 1. Name and Meaning 2. Genealogy 3. Home and Station 4. Sources for Life 5. Election as King 6. Reasons for It II. REIGN AND FALL 1. His First Action...
  

• Call

  [nave] CALL, Personal By Christ, Isa. 55:5; Rom. 1:6; by his Spirit, Rev. 22:17; by his works, Psa. 19:2, 3; Rom. 1:20; by his ministers, Jer. 35:15; 2 Cor. 5:20; by his gospel, 2 Thess. 2:14. Is from darkness to light, 1 Pet. 2...
  

• OIL

  [isbe] OIL - oil (shemen; elaion): 1. Terms 2. Production and Storage 3. Uses (1) As a Commodity of Exchange (2) As a Cosmetic (3) As a Medicine (4) As a Food (5) As an Illuminant (6) In Religious Rites (a) Consecration (b) Offerin...
  

• Duties of Men

  [nave] DUTIES OF MEN In Executing Judgments:Gen. 3:15; 1 Sam. 15:18 with vs. 1-19.2 Sam. 7:14; 2 Kin. 9:6, 7; 2 Kin. 19:25, 26; 2 Chr. 22:7; Psa. 17:13, 14; Isa. 10:5, 6; Isa. 13:5; Jer. 27:8; Jer. 51:20-23 Isa. 41:15. See: Agency....
  

• VIAL

  [isbe] VIAL - vi'-al: In modern English means "a tiny flask." The word appears in English Versions of the Bible 1 Sam 10:1 and the Revised Version (British and American) 2 Ki 9:1,3 (the King James Version "box") for pakh, a word fo...
  

• Ahijah

  [isbe] AHIJAH - a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah): (1) One of the sons of Jerahmeel the great-grandson of ...
  [nave] AHIJAH, called also Ahiah. 1. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:7. 2. Son of Jerahmeel, 1 Chr. 2:25. 3. A priest in Shiloh, probably identical with Ahimelech, mentioned in 1 Sam. 22:11. Was priest in Saul's reign, 1 Sam. 14:3, 18. S...
  

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