2 Kings 9

1 Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead.

4 The prophet having done his message, flees.

11 Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth.

27 Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem.

30 Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.

9:1

member <0259> [one.]

The Jews say that this was Jonah, the prophet, the son of Amittai.

member <01121> [the children.]

[See on]

Tuck ...... belt <04975 02296> [Gird up thy loins.]

As the upper garments of the Orientals were long and flowing, it was indispensably necessary to tuck up the skirts with a girdle about their loins, in order to use any expedition in their work or on a journey.

container ... olive oil <08081 06378> [box of oil.]

Ramoth <07433> [Ramoth-gilead.]

9:2

Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]

Jehoram having retired from the army, Jehu seems to have been left first in command, having been long employed by Ahab's family.

aside <08432> [among his brethern.]

inner room <02315> [inner chamber. Heb. chamber in a chamber.]

9:3

pour ..... head <03332 07218> [pour it.]

designated <04886> [I have anointed.]

run <05127> [and flee.]

9:4

young <05288> [the young man.]

{Hann„ƒr hannavee,} not as some would render, "the servant of the prophet," but, as correctly rendered by our venerable translators, "the young man, the prophet;" for [hn`r,] hann„ƒr, "the young man," is not in {regimine,} but in {appositione,} with [hnby',] {hannavee,} "the prophet."

9:5

message <01697> [I have an errand.]

9:6

got <06965> [he arose.]

designated <04886> [I have anointed.]

people <05971> [over the people.]

9:7

revenge <05358> [I may avenge.]

<03027> [at the hand.]

9:8

cut off <03772> [I will cut off.]

male <08366> [him that pisseth.]

weak <06113> [him that is shut up.]

9:9

dynasty <01004> [like the house.]

dynasty <01004> [and like the house.]

9:10

Dogs <03611> [the dogs.]

opened <06605> [he opened.]

9:11

everything <07965> [Is all well.]

asked .......... madman ..... replied <07696 0559> [this mad fellow.]

It is probable there was something peculiar in the young prophet's manner and address, similar to the vehement actions sometimes used by the prophets when under the Divine influence, which caused the bystanders to use this contemptuous language.

9:12

said ....................... said <0559> [Thus and thus.]

9:13

Each ..... took <03947 0376> [and took every.]

The spreading of garments in the street, before persons to whom it was intended to shew particular honour, was an ancient and very general custom; the garments in these cases being used for carpets. In the Agamemnon of ’schylus, the hypocritical Clytemnestra commands the maids to spread carpets before her returning husband, that on his descending from his chariot he may place his foot on "a purple-covered path." We also find this custom among the Romans. Plutarch relates, that when Cato of Utica left the Macedonian army, where he had become legionary tribune, the soldiers spread their clothes in the way.

feet <01634> [on the top.]

The ancient fortified cities were generally strengthened with a citadel, (Jud 9:46, 51,) commonly built on an eminence, to which they ascended by a flight of stairs, (Ne 3:15.) It is extremely probable, therefore, that Ramoth-gilead, being a frontier town of Israel and Syria, had a tower of this nature; and that Jehu was proclaimed king on the top of the stairs by which they ascended the hill on which the tower stood, i.e., in the area before the door of the tower, and consequently the most public place in the city.

trumpet ... blown <07782 08628> [blew with trumpets.]

king <04427> [is king. Heb. reigneth.]

9:14

conspired <07194> [conspired.]

Ramoth ........ guarding <07433 08104> [kept Ramoth-gilead.]

9:15

Joram <03088> [Joram. Heb. Jehoram. returned.]

received <05221> [had given. Heb. smote. none go forth. Heb. no escaper go forth.]

9:16

Ahaziah <0274> [And Ahaziah.]

9:17

watchman <06822> [a watchman.]

rider <03947 07395> [Take an horseman.]

everything <07965> [Is it peace.]

9:18

all right .... None of your business <07965> [What hast thou to do.]

9:20

drives ..... drives <04491> [driving. or, marching.]

drives <05090> [for he driveth.]

recklessly <07697> [furiously. Heb. in madness.]

9:21

Hitch up ......... hitched up <0631> [Make ready. Heb. bind.]

Jehoram ............... Jehoram <03088> [Joram.]

met up <04672> [met. Heb. found.]

plot of land ....... Naboth <05022 02513> [the portion of Naboth.]

9:22

all right ......... all right <07965> [Is it peace.]

all right ......... all right <07965> [What peace.]

idolatry <02183> [the whoredoms.]

9:23

trap <04820> [There is treachery.]

9:24

aimed ... bow <07198 04390 03027> [drew a bow with his full strength. Heb. filled his hand with a bow. smote.]

knees <03766> [sunk. Heb. bowed.]

9:25

<03068> [the Lord.]

9:26

shed blood ... Naboth <05022 01818> [blood of Naboth. Heb. bloods of Naboth. of his sons.]

I will give ... what ... deserve <07999> [I will requite.]

plot ................. plot <02513> [plat. or, portion.]

9:27

Ahaziah <0274> [Ahaziah.]

Beth Haggan <01004 01588> [garden house.]

Ibleam <02991> [Ibleam.]

Megiddo <04023> [Megiddo.]

"In the kingdom of Samaria."

9:28

9:29

<0259> [in the eleventh.]

Ahaziah <0274> [began Ahaziah.]

"Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness."

"But in Joram's twelfth year, he began to reign alone. ch. 8:25."

9:30

Jezebel <0348> [Jezebel.]

put .... eye <05869 07760> [painted her face. Heb. put her eyes in painting.]

fixed up <03190> [tired.]

9:31

Zimri <02174> [Zimri.]

all right <07965> [peace.]

9:32

looked <08259> [Who is on my side?]

eunuchs <05631> [eunuchs. or, chamberlains.]

9:33

Throw ... down .... threw ... down <08058> [Throw her down.]

horses <05483> [and on the horses.]

This terrible mode of punishment appears to have been but rarely used, though we occasionally meet with it during this and subsequent periods. The same punishment, it is well known, obtained among the Romans, who used to throw certain malefactors from the Tarpeian rock. This practice obtains among the Moors at Constantia, a town of Barbary; and is also of frequent occurrence in Persia.

when ..... ground <07429> [and he trode.]

9:34

had a meal <0398> [he did eat.]

accursed .... Bury <0779 06912> [this cursed woman.]

king's <04428> [she is a king's.]

9:35

found <04672> [but they found.]

9:36

word <01697> [This is.]

through ... servant <03027 05650> [by his. Heb. by the hand of his.]

9:37

corpse <05038> [the carcase.]