2 Kings 9:26-36

26 'Surely * ¹I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD, 'and ²I will repay you in this property,' says the LORD. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD."

Jehu Assassinates Ahaziah

27 ³When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot." So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at ⁴Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.

28 ⁵Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

29 Now in ⁶the eleventh * year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and ⁷she painted * her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.

31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "⁸Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?"

32 Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" And two or three officials looked down at him.

Jezebel Is Slain

33 He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot.

34 When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, "See now to ⁹this cursed woman and bury her, for ¹⁰she is a king's daughter."

35 They went to bury her, but they found nothing more * of her than * the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

36 Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, '¹¹In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

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2 Kings 9:26-36 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

Cross References 11

1. 1 Kings 21:13, 19
2. 2 Kings 9:21, 25
3. 2 Chronicles 22:7, 9
4. Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27
5. 2 Kings 23:30
6. 2 Kings 8:25
7. Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40
8. 1 Kings 16:9-20; 2 Kings 9:18-22
9. 1 Kings 21:25
10. 1 Kings 16:31
11. 1 Kings 21:23

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "portion"
[b]. Lit "portion"
[c]. Lit "smite"
[d]. Lit "peace"
[e]. Lit "his"
[f]. Lit "portion"