2 Kings 9:3-13

3 "Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, "¹I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait."

4 So ²the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." And Jehu said, "For which one of us?" And he said, "For you, O captain."

6 He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, '³I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

7 'You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, ⁴that I may avenge ⁵the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, ⁶at the hand of Jezebel.

8 'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and ⁷I will cut off from Ahab ⁸every male * person ⁹both bond and free in Israel.

9 '¹⁰I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and ¹¹like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

10 '¹²The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her."' Then he opened the door and fled.

11 Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "¹³Is all well? Why did this ¹⁴mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk."

12 They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." And he said, "Thus and thus he said to me, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel.""'

13 Then ¹⁵they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and ¹⁶blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu is king!"

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2 Kings 9:3-13 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 16

1. 2 Chronicles 22:7
2. 2 Kings 9:1
3. 1 Samuel 2:7, 8; 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:3; 2 Chronicles 22:7
4. Deuteronomy 32:35, 43
5. 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 21:15, 21, 25
6. 2 Kings 9:32-37
7. 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 10:17
8. 1 Samuel 25:22
9. Deuteronomy 32:36; 2 Kings 14:26
10. 1 Kings 14:10, 11; 1 Kings 15:29
11. 1 Kin 16:3-5, 11, 12
12. 1 Kings 21:23; 2 Kings 9:35, 36
13. 2 Kin 9:17, 19, 22
14. Jeremiah 29:26; Hosea 9:7; Mark 3:21
15. Matthew 21:7, 8; Mark 11:7, 8
16. 2 Samuel 15:10; 1 Kings 1:34, 39

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "To whom of us all?"