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2 Kings 9:25-37

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25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Take him up and 1cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the 2LORD laid this 3oracle against him:
26 'Surely * 4I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD, 'and 5I 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 6When 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 7Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28 8Then 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 9the eleventh * year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and 10she painted * her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.
31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "11Is 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 12this cursed woman and bury her, for 13she 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, '14In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;
37 and 15the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, "This is Jezebel.""'
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2 Kings 9:25-37 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 15

Footnotes 9

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