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2 Kings 9:21-31

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21 "Harness!" Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu at the plot of land of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, "[Do you come in] peace, Jehu?" He answered, "What peace can there be as long as there is so much prostitution and witchcraft from your mother Jezebel?"
23 Joram turned around and fled, shouting to Ahaziah, "It's treachery, Ahaziah!"
24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
25 Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, "Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the Lord uttered this oracle against him:
26 'As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday,' this is the Lord's message, 'so will I repay you on this plot of land,' this is the Lord's message. So now, according to the word of the Lord, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land."[a]
27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw [what was happening], he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, "Shoot him too!" So they shot him in his chariot[b] at Gur Pass near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28 Then his servants carried him to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in his fathers' tomb in the city of David.[c]
29 It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah.[d]

Jehu Kills Jezebel

30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, so she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from the window.
31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "[Do you come in] peace, Zimri,[e] killer of your master?"
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2 Kings 9:21-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 9

In this chapter we are told that one of the sons of the prophets was sent by Elisha to anoint Jehu king of Israel, and to order him to smite and destroy the whole house of Ahab, 2Ki 9:1-10, which being done unto him, and the order received by Jehu, he acquainted his captains with it, 2Ki 9:11-15, who set out with him immediately to Jezreel, 2Ki 9:16-21, where he slew Joram king of Israel, 2Ki 9:22-26, and Ahaziah king of Judah, 2Ki 9:27-29, and Jezebel, the widow of Ahab, and mother of Joram, 2Ki 9:30-37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 5

  • [a] 2 Kg 9:10
  • [b] LXX, Syr, some mss of Vg; Hb omits So they shot him
  • [c] 2 Ch 22:9
  • [d] 2 Kg 8:25
  • [e] Zimri was another usurper; 1 Kg 16:8-20
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