2 Kings 9:26

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."

2 Kings 9:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:26

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth
These are the words of the Lord to Elijah the day after Naboth was put to death:

and the blood of his sons, said the Lord;
who were put to death with him, that there might be no heirs to the estate:

and I will requite thee in this place:
take vengeance here, as he now did on his son:

now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according
to the word of the Lord;
whereby it would be fulfilled, see ( 1 Kings 21:19 ) , more is here recited than there, which Jehu well remembered.

2 Kings 9:26 In-Context

24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.
25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Take him up and cast 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 LORD laid this oracle against him:
26 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD , 'and I 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 ."
27 When 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 Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28 Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Kings 21:13, 19
  • 2. 2 Kings 9:21, 25

Footnotes 2

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