2 Kings 9:11

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, ¹"Is all well? Why did ²this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the fellow and his talk."

2 Kings 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:11

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord
The rest of the captains of the army, who served under Joram as he did: and one said unto him, is all well?
one of the captains, the greatest of them, as Kimchi; he inquired whether he brought any ill news, since he came and went in such haste: wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?
so profane men, especially the worshippers of Baal, as those captains might be, were wont to call the prophets of the Lord, because of their habit, their manner of living, and the gestures they sometimes used in prophesying, and especially because of the things they prophesied of; and even prophets were sometimes called so, because, in the time of their prophesying, they appeared as madmen ^F13, and in a frenzy: and he said unto them, ye know the man, and his communication;
you saw by his habit of what profession he is, and you may easily guess what he talked of, as such men usually do, about religion, and one whimsical thing or another, reproving men for their sins, and telling them what they ought to do; and such like things you may well imagine he has been talking of to me; you rightly call him a mad fellow, and you may well suppose his discourse was agreeably to his character, and not worth relating and hearing; this he said, to put them off inquiring any further.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 David de Pomis, Lexic. p. 204. 3.

2 Kings 9:11 In-Context

9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her." Then he opened the door and fled.

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the fellow and his talk."

12 And they said, "That is not true; tell us now." And he said, "Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"

13 Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 5:21
• 2. Jeremiah 29:26; Hosea 9:7; [John 10:20; Acts 26:24]