Introduction
Overview
2 Kings 9 . 1 , Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead; 2 Kings 9 . 4 , The prophet having done his message , flees; 2 Kings 9 . 11 , Jehu , being made king by the soldiers , kills Joram in the field of Naboth; 2 Kings 9 . 27 , Ahaziah is slain at Gur , and buried at Jerusalem; 2 Kings 9 . 30 , Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window , and eaten by dogs.
one . The Jews say that this was Jonah , the prophet , the son of Amittai.
the children . 2 Kings 4 . 1 , 2 Kings 6 . 1-3
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. 2 Kings 4 . 29 , 1 Kings 18 . 46 , Jeremiah 1 . 17 , Luke 12 . 35-37 , 1 Peter 1 . 13
box of oil . 1 Samuel 10 . 1 , 1 Samuel 16 . 1 , 1 Kings 1 . 39
Ramothgilead . 2 Kings 8 . 28 , 2 Kings 8 . 29 , Deuteronomy 4 . 1 , Deuteronomy 4 . 3 , 1 Kings 22 . 4 , 1 Kings 22 . 20
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 4 . 13 . Ramothgilead 1 Kings 19 . 16 . Jehu 2 Kings 2 . 3 . And the sons 1 Chronicles 6 . 80 . Ramoth 2 Chronicles 18 . 2 . Ramothgilead 2 Chronicles 22 . 7 . the Lord had
Jehu . Jehoram having retired from the army , Jehu seems to have been left first in command , having been long employed by Ahab's family. 2 Kings 9 . 14 , 1 Kings 19 . 16 , 1 Kings 19 . 17
among his brethren . 2 Kings 9 . 5 , 2 Kings 9 . 11
inner chamber . Heb. chamber in a chamber , 1 Kings 20 . 30 , 1 Kings 22 . 25 , *marg.
Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 2 . 38 . Jehu
pour it . Exodus 29 . 7 , Leviticus 8 . 12 , 1 Samuel 16 . 13 , 1 Kings 19 . 16
I have anointed . 2 Kings 8 . 13 , 1 Samuel 9 . 16 , 1 Samuel 15 . 1 , 1 Samuel 15 . 17 , 1 Samuel 16 . 12 , Psalm 75 . 6 , Psalm 75 . 7 , Proverbs 8 . 15 , Proverbs 8 . 16 , Jeremiah 27 . 5-7 , Daniel 2 . 1 , Daniel 4 . 35 , Daniel 5 . 18 , John 19 . 10 , John 19 . 11
and flee . 1 Samuel 16 . 2 , Matthew 2 . 13 , Matthew 10 . 16
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 10 . 1 . a vial 1 Kings 1 . 34 . Zadok 2 Kings 9 . 6 . I have anointed 2 Kings 9 . 10 . he opened 2 Kings 11 . 12 . anointed him
the young man . Hannaâr 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 הנער , hannaâr , "the young man ," is not in regimine , but in appositione , with הנביא , hannavee , "the prophet." 2 Kings 9 . 4
I have an errand . Judges 3 . 19
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 9 . 27 . that I may 2 Kings 4 . 13 . to the captain 2 Kings 9 . 2 . among his brethren 2 Kings 15 . 25 . a captain
he arose . Acts 23 . 18 , Acts 23 . 19
I have anointed . 2 Kings 9 . 3 , 1 Kings 1 . 34 , 1 Kings 19 . 16 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 7 , Psalm 2 . 6 , *marg. Psalm 75 . 6 , Isaiah 45 . 1 , Daniel 2 . 21 , Daniel 4 . 17 , Daniel 4 . 32 , Daniel 5 . 20 , Daniel 5 . 21
over the people . 1 Kings 3 . 8 , 1 Kings 10 . 9 , 1 Kings 14 . 7 , 1 Kings 16 . 2
Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 19 . a secret 1 Samuel 9 . 27 . that I may 1 Samuel 16 . 1 . horn with oil 1 Samuel 16 . 13 . anointed 1 Kings 17 . 14 . thus saith 2 Kings 9 . 12 . Thus and thus
I may avenge . Deuteronomy 32 . 35 , Deuteronomy 32 . 43 , Psalm 94 . 1-7 , Matthew 23 . 35 , Luke 18 . 7 , Luke 18 . 8 , Romans 12 . 19 , Romans 13 . 4 , Hebrews 10 . 30 , Revelation 6 . 9 , Revelation 6 . 10 , Revelation 18 . 20 , Revelation 19 . 2
at the hand . 2 Kings 9 . 32-37 , 1 Kings 18 . 4 , 1 Kings 21 . 15 , 1 Kings 21 . 21 , 1 Kings 21 . 25
Reciprocal . Numbers 31 . 3 . avenge the Lord 1 Kings 15 . 29 . he left not 2 Kings 8 . 18 . the house 2 Kings 10 . 10 . the Lord hath done 2 Kings 10 . 16 . Come with me Job 27 . 14 . children Jeremiah 26 . 5 . my Revelation 2 . 20 . that woman
I will cut off . 1 Kings 14 . 10 , 1 Kings 14 . 11 , 1 Kings 21 . 21 , 1 Kings 21 . 22
him that pisseth . 1 Samuel 25 . 22
him that is shut up . 2 Kings 14 . 26 , Deuteronomy 32 . 36
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 18 . the house 2 Kings 10 . 17 . he slew 1 Chronicles 12 . 1 . while he yet Nehemiah 6 . 10 . shut up Job 27 . 14 . children
like the house . 1 Kings 14 . 10 , 1 Kings 14 . 11 , 1 Kings 15 . 29 , 1 Kings 21 . 22
and like the house . 1 Kings 16 . 3-5 , 1 Kings 16 . 11 , 1 Kings 16 . 12
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 21 . 21 . him that is shut up
the dogs . 2 Kings 9 . 35 , 2 Kings 9 . 36 , 1 Kings 21 . 23 , Jeremiah 22 . 19
he opened . 2 Kings 9 . 3 , Judges 3 . 26
Reciprocal . Joshua 17 . 16 . Jezreel Jeremiah 16 . 4 . as dung
Is all well . 2 Kings 9 . 17 , 2 Kings 9 . 19 , 2 Kings 9 . 22 , 2 Kings 4 . 26 , 2 Kings 5 . 21
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. Isaiah 59 . 15 , *marg. Jeremiah 29 . 26 , Hosea 9 . 7 , Mark 3 . 21 , John 10 . 20 , Acts 17 . 18 , Acts 26 . 24 , 1 Corinthians 4 . 10 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 13
Reciprocal . Matthew 11 . 18 . He Matthew 26 . 61 . This John 9 . 29 . as for
Thus and thus . 2 Kings 9 . 6-10
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 Aschylus , 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. Matthew 21 . 7 , Matthew 21 . 8 , Mark 11 . 7 , Mark 11 . 8
on the top . The ancient fortified cities were generally strengthened with a citadel . Judges 9 . 46 , Judges 9 . 51 , commonly built on an eminence , to which they ascended by a flight of stairs . Nehemiah 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.
blew with trumpets . 2 Samuel 15 . 10 , 1 Kings 1 . 34 , 1 Kings 1 . 39 , Psalm 47 . 5-7 , Psalm 98 . 6
is king . Heb. reigneth
Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 27 . he blew 2 Chronicles 23 . 13 . sounded Luke 19 . 35 . they cast Acts 21 . 40 . on
conspired . 2 Kings 9 . 31 , 2 Kings 8 . 12-15 , 2 Kings 10 . 9 , 2 Kings 15 . 30 , 1 Kings 15 . 27 , 1 Kings 16 . 7 , 1 Kings 16 . 9 , 1 Kings 16 . 16
kept Ramothgilead . 2 Kings 8 . 28 , 1 Kings 22 . 3
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 4 . 13 . Ramothgilead 1 Kings 19 . 15 . Hazael 1 Kings 19 . 17 . the sword of Jehu 2 Kings 9 . 2 . Jehu 2 Kings 15 . 25 . conspired
Joram . Heb. Jehoram
returned . 2 Kings 8 . 29 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 6
had given . Heb. smote
none go forth . Heb. no escaper go forth , 1 Samuel 27 . 9-11
Reciprocal . Joshua 19 . 18 . Jezreel 2 Kings 8 . 28 . he went 1 Chronicles 13 . 2 . If it seem
And Ahaziah . 2 Kings 8 . 28 , 2 Kings 8 . 29 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 6 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 7
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 18 . 45 . Ahab
a watchman . 2 Samuel 13 . 34 , 2 Samuel 18 . 24 , Isaiah 21 . 6-9 , Isaiah 21 . 11 , Isaiah 21 . 12 , Isaiah 56 . 10 , Isaiah 62 . 6 , Ezekiel 33 . 2-9 , Acts 20 . 26-31
Take an horseman . 2 Kings 7 . 14
Is it peace . 2 Kings 9 . 19 , 1 Samuel 16 . 4 , 1 Samuel 17 . 22 , 1 Kings 2 . 15 , Luke 10 . 5 , Luke 10 . 6
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 5 . 21 . Is all well 2 Kings 9 . 11 . Is all well 2 Kings 9 . 22 . Is it peace Habakkuk 2 . 1 . tower
What hast thou to do . 2 Kings 9 . 19 , 2 Kings 9 . 22 , Isaiah 48 . 22 , Isaiah 59 . 8 , Jeremiah 16 . 5 , Romans 3 . 17
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 2 . 13 . Comest 2 Kings 9 . 31 . peace
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 9 . 11 . Is all well 2 Kings 9 . 17 . Is it peace 2 Kings 9 . 18 . What hast thou to do
driving . or , marching , Habakkuk 1 . 6 , Habakkuk 3 . 12
for he driveth . 2 Kings 10 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 10 , Isaiah 54 . 16 , Daniel 11 . 44
furiously . Heb. in madness
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 18 . 27 . thinketh
Make ready . Heb. bind , 1 Kings 20 . 14 , *marg. Micah 1 . 13
Joram . 2 Chronicles 22 . 7
met . Heb. found , Numbers 20 . 14 , *marg.
the portion of Naboth . 2 Kings 9 . 25 , 1 Kings 21 . 1-7 , 1 Kings 21 . 15 , 1 Kings 21 . 18 , 1 Kings 21 . 19
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 26 . one year 2 Kings 10 . 13 . the brethren 2 Kings 10 . 15 . lighted on
Is it peace . 2 Kings 9 . 17
What peace . 2 Kings 9 . 18 , Isaiah 57 . 19-21
the whoredoms . 1 Kings 16 . 30-33 , 1 Kings 18 . 4 , 1 Kings 19 . 1 , 1 Kings 19 . 2 , 1 Kings 21 . 8-10 , 1 Kings 21 . 25 , Nahum 3 . 4 , Revelation 2 . 20-23 , Revelation 17 . 4 , Revelation 17 . 5 , Revelation 18 . 3 , Revelation 18 . 23
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 16 . 4 . Comest 1 Kings 1 . 42 . a valiant 1 Kings 18 . 19 . eat at Jezebel's table 1 Kings 22 . 8 . concerning me 1 Kings 22 . 52 . in the way 2 Kings 3 . 2 . and like 2 Kings 9 . 11 . Is all well 1 Chronicles 12 . 17 . If ye be come 2 Chronicles 18 . 7 . me 2 Chronicles 21 . 11 . fornication 2 Chronicles 21 . 13 . a whoring Esther 2 . 21 . and sought Proverbs 7 . 10 . the attire Isaiah 57 . 21 . General Hosea 2 . 4 . children of
There is treachery . 2 Kings 11 . 14 , 2 Chronicles 23 . 13
drew a bow with his full strength . Heb. filled his hand with a bow
smote . 1 Kings 22 . 34 , Job 20 . 23-25 , Psalm 50 . 22 , Proverbs 21 . 30 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 12 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 13 , 1 Thessalonians 5 . 3
sunk . Heb. bowed
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 17 . 49 . smote 2 Kings 8 . 15 . so that he died 2 Kings 10 . 4 . Behold 2 Kings 15 . 10 . slew him 2 Chronicles 35 . 23 . the archers Hosea 1 . 4 . and I Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured
the Lord . 1 Kings 21 . 19 , 1 Kings 21 . 24-29 , Isaiah 13 . 1 , Jeremiah 23 . 33-38 , Nahum 1 . 1 , Malachi 1 . 1 , Matthew 11 . 30
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 21 . 29 . in his son's days 2 Kings 9 . 21 . the portion of Naboth 2 Kings 10 . 17 . according 2 Kings 11 . 18 . went 2 Kings 15 . 12 . And so Psalm 37 . 10 . thou Isaiah 14 . 19 . thou Ezekiel 12 . 10 . This Hosea 1 . 4 . and I
blood of Naboth . Heb. bloods of Naboth
of his sons . Deuteronomy 24 . 16 , 2 Chronicles 24 . 25 , 2 Chronicles 25 . 4
I will requite . Exodus 20 . 5 , Deuteronomy 5 . 9 , Ezekiel 18 . 19
plat . or , portion
Reciprocal . Genesis 4 . 10 . crieth 1 Kings 2 . 31 . that thou 1 Kings 21 . 13 . they carried him 1 Kings 21 . 19 . In the place 1 Kings 21 . 29 . in his son's days 2 Kings 9 . 33 . and he trode 2 Kings 10 . 17 . according 2 Kings 15 . 12 . And so 2 Chronicles 6 . 23 . requiting Job 12 . 21 . poureth Psalm 10 . 14 . to requite Proverbs 28 . 17 . General Jeremiah 32 . 18 . recompensest Micah 2 . 2 . so Habakkuk 2 . 10 . consulted
Ahaziah . 2 Kings 8 . 29 , Numbers 16 . 26 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 7-9 , Proverbs 13 . 20 , 2 Corinthians 6 . 17
garden house . 1 Kings 21 . 2
Ibleam . Joshua 17 . 11 , Judges 1 . 27
Megiddo . "In the kingdom of Samaria." 2 Kings 23 . 29 , 2 Kings 23 . 30 , Judges 1 . 27 , Judges 5 . 19 , 1 Kings 4 . 12 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 9
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 9 . 15 . Megiddo 2 Kings 10 . 4 . Behold 2 Kings 11 . 1 . the mother 2 Kings 12 . 1 . the seventh 1 Chronicles 7 . 29 . Megiddo 2 Chronicles 35 . 22 . Megiddo Psalm 109 . 14 . let not
2 Kings 12 . 21 , 2 Kings 14 . 19 , 2 Kings 14 . 20 , 2 Kings 23 . 20 , 2 Chronicles 25 . 28 , 2 Chronicles 35 . 24
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 29 . Ramah 2 Kings 23 . 30 . servants 2 Chronicles 22 . 9 . Because
in the eleventh . 2 Kings 8 . 16 , 2 Kings 8 . 24 , 2 Chronicles 21 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 21 . 19 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 2
began Ahaziah . "Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness." 2 Chronicles 21 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 21 . 19 ,"But in Joram's twelfth year , he began to reign alone. 2 Kings 8 . 25.
Jezebel . 1 Kings 19 . 1 , 1 Kings 19 . 2
painted her face . Heb. put her eyes in painting , Jeremiah 4 . 30 , Ezekiel 23 . 40
tired . Isaiah 3 . 18-24 , Ezekiel 24 . 17 , 1 Timothy 2 . 9 , 1 Timothy 2 . 10 , 1 Peter 3 . 3
Reciprocal . Genesis 6 . 16 . window Numbers 16 . 27 . and stood Joshua 19 . 18 . Jezreel 1 Kings 16 . 31 . Jezebel 1 Kings 21 . 23 . Jezebel Proverbs 6 . 25 . take Proverbs 7 . 10 . the attire Isaiah 3 . 9 . The show Revelation 2 . 20 . that woman Revelation 9 . 8 . hair
Zimri . 1 Kings 16 . 9-20
peace . 2 Kings 9 . 18-22
Reciprocal . Numbers 16 . 27 . and stood 1 Kings 16 . 10 . Zimri 1 Kings 16 . 15 . seven 2 Kings 9 . 14 . conspired 2 Kings 15 . 10 . slew him 1 Chronicles 2 . 6 . Zimri
Who is on my side . Exodus 32 . 26 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 18 , 2 Chronicles 11 . 12 , Psalm 118 . 6 , Psalm 124 . 1 , Psalm 124 . 2
eunuchs . or , chamberlains , Esther 1 . 10 , Esther 2 . 15 , Esther 2 . 21 , Acts 12 . 20
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 20 . 11 . for David 1 Kings 22 . 9 . officer 2 Kings 8 . 6 . officer 2 Kings 9 . 7 . at the hand 2 Kings 10 . 6 . If ye be mine 2 Chronicles 23 . 12 . she came Esther 4 . 4 . chamberlains Esther 7 . 9 . one of the chamberlains Psalm 94 . 16 . rise up Jeremiah 29 . 2 . eunuchs
Throw her down . 1 Kings 21 . 11
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.
and he trode . 2 Kings 9 . 26 , 2 Kings 7 . 20 , Isaiah 25 . 10 , Lamentations 1 . 15 , Micah 7 . 10 , Malachi 4 . 3 , Matthew 5 . 13 , Hebrews 10 . 29
Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 14 . 30 . And Absalom's 1 Kings 21 . 29 . in his son's days 2 Kings 7 . 17 . the people trode upon him Psalm 68 . 23 . the tongue Isaiah 28 . 3 . shall Isaiah 63 . 3 . and trample Hosea 7 . 7 . devoured Zephaniah 1 . 17 . and their blood
he did eat . 1 Kings 18 . 41 , Esther 3 . 15 , Amos 6 . 4
this cursed woman . 1 Kings 21 . 25 , Proverbs 10 . 7 , Isaiah 65 . 15 , Matthew 25 . 41
she is a king's . 1 Kings 16 . 31
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 3 . 2 . and like 2 Chronicles 22 . 9 . Because Job 12 . 21 . poureth Psalm 37 . 10 . thou Ecclesiastes 8 . 10 . so Isaiah 14 . 19 . thou Jeremiah 34 . 20 . and their Luke 16 . 22 . and was buried
but they found . Job 31 . 3 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 3 , Isaiah 14 . 18-20 , Jeremiah 22 . 19 , Jeremiah 36 . 30 , Acts 12 . 23
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 9 . 10 . the dogs Psalm 107 . 40 . contempt Ecclesiastes 8 . 10 . so Isaiah 34 . 3 . slain Jeremiah 15 . 3 . I will Luke 16 . 22 . and was buried
This is . 1 Kings 21 . 23
by his . Heb. by the hand of his , 2 Kings 14 . 25 , Leviticus 8 . 36 , 2 Samuel 12 . 25
Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 29 . 1 . Jezreel 1 Kings 12 . 15 . that he might 1 Kings 15 . 29 . he left not 2 Kings 9 . 10 . the dogs 2 Kings 10 . 10 . by 2 Kings 15 . 12 . And so Jeremiah 8 . 2 . they shall be Jeremiah 16 . 4 . as dung Malachi 2 . 3 . spread
the carcase . Psalm 83 . 10 , Ecclesiastes 6 . 3 , Isaiah 14 . 18-20 , Jeremiah 8 . 2 , Jeremiah 16 . 4 , Jeremiah 22 . 19 , Jeremiah 36 . 20 , Ezekiel 32 . 23-30
Reciprocal . Joshua 17 . 16 . Jezreel 1 Kings 14 . 10 . as a man taketh 1 Kings 15 . 29 . he left not 2 Kings 15 . 12 . And so Ezra 6 . 11 . his house Job 20 . 7 . perish Isaiah 5 . 25 . torn Jeremiah 9 . 22 . fall Jeremiah 25 . 33 . they shall be Malachi 2 . 3 . spread Philippians 3 . 8 . but dung