and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu shall serve him much; which some understand as spoken ironically; but the words seem to be spoken with a design to deceive the idolatrous inhabitants of Samaria, making them to believe that he was hearty in the worship of Baal, and should show a greater respect to it, and more constantly attend it, than Ahab had done; and this he said with a view to draw them to the temple of Baal, and there destroy them, as the sequel shows; and in which he is not to be justified, however good his intention was; for evil is not to be done that good may come. 2 Kings 10:31. (27-29) Jehu also kills Ahaziah, king of Judah. David Guzik commentary on 2 Kings 10, where Ahab’s descendants are executed under the reign of Jehu, who also wipes out Baal worship in Israel. That general returned to join his brother officers in the public apartment, who, immediately on learning his destined elevation, conducted him to the top of the stairs leading to the roof. . Jezebel painted her face--literally, "her eyes," according to a custom universal in the East among women, of staining the eyelids with a black powder made of pulverized antimony, or lead ore mixed with oil, and applied with a small brush on the border, so that by this dark ligament on the edge, the largeness as well as the luster of the eye itself was thought to be increased. So the young man . This was the most conspicuous place of an Oriental structure that could be chosen, being at the very top of the gate building, and fully in view of the people and military in the open ground in front of the building [KITTO]. . Prev Next. 2 Kings 9:1-23.JEHU IS ANOINTED. The popularity of Jehu with the army thus favored the designs of Providence in procuring his immediate and enthusiastic proclamation as king, and the top of the stairs was taken as a most convenient substitute for a throne. The house of Omri, which furnished four kings, held the crown for three generations only and for less than 50 years - that of Jehu reigned for five generations and for more than 100 years. The king's wounds had compelled his retirement from the scene of action, and so the troops were left in command of Jehu. Salem Media Group. box of oil--(See 1 Samuel 10:1 ). Thanks. Elisha . Best Regards, C. C. P.S. He showed great zeal and care for the rooting out of a false religion; but in the true religion he showed no care, took no heed: was not solicitous to please God and do his duty. 9 The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead. Jehu's statement, however, was not a literal but a paraphrased quotation of Elijah's prophecy. &c.--Jehu's attendants knew that the stranger belonged to the order of the prophets by his garb, gestures, and form of address; and soldiers such as they very readily concluded such persons to be crackbrained, not only from the sordid negligence of their personal appearance and their open contempt of the world, but from the religious pursuits in which their whole lives were spent, and the grotesque actions which they frequently performed (compare Jeremiah 29:26 ). This is the word of the Lord--(See 1 Kings 21:23 ). Elisha sends to anoint Jehu. Proud member
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel--Full of ambitious designs, he immediately proceeded to cross the Jordan to execute his commission on the house of Ahab. (11-15) Joram and Ahaziah slain by Jehu. Jehu was anointed king over Israel, by the Lord's special choice. We were impressed with the obvious accuracy of the sacred historian; the localities and distances being such as seem naturally to be required by the incidents related, affording just time for the transactions to have occurred in the order in which they are recorded [HOWE]. 2 Kings 9:36 2 Kings 9:37 . Ibleam--near Megiddo, in the tribe of Issachar ( Joshua 17:11 , Judges 1:27 ); and Gur was an adjoining hill. 26. the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord--Although their death is not expressly mentioned, it is plainly implied in the confiscation of his property (see 1 Kings 21:16 ). 11. For he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. (30-37) Commentary on 2 Kings 9:1-10 (Read 2 Kings 9:1-10) In these and the like events, we must acknowledge the secret working of God, disposing men to fulfil his purposes respecting them.