2 Reyes 9:13

13 Dicho esto, todos se apresuraron a tender sus mantos sobre los escalones, a los pies de Jehú. Luego tocaron la trompeta y gritaron: «¡Viva el rey Jehú!»

2 Reyes 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:13

Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it
under him on the top of the stairs
That is, under Jehu, that he might be raised higher, and put on an eminence above them, agreeably to the high rank and dignity he was raised unto, and which they hereby acknowledged; and that he might be conspicuous to others: and this was done upon the top of the stairs, the first and highest of them, which led up either to an upper room, or to a scaffold erected for this purpose; the Targum is, on the degree of hours, a sun dial, a stone on which were engraven the twelve hours of the day, and which, by the sun's shadow on it, it might be known what hour it was; and at, or upon this stone, they laid their clothes, for Jehu to sit upon; not their wearing apparel, but carpets, or pieces of tapestry, or such like things: and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king;
and they might come the more easily into such an acknowledgment of him as such, though he was anointed by one whom they had just called a mad fellow; being not so well affected to Ahab's family, and having a great respect for Jehu, the chief commander of the army, and especially being under a particular influence of the divine Providence, which moved them to take such a step.

2 Reyes 9:13 In-Context

11 Cuando Jehú salió para volver a reunirse con los capitanes, uno de ellos le preguntó:—¿Todo bien? ¿Qué quería ese loco?—Ustedes ya lo conocen —respondió—, y saben cómo habla.

12 —¡Pamplinas! —replicaron—. Dinos la verdad.Jehú admitió:—Esto es lo que me declaró, palabra por palabra: “Así dice el SEÑOR: ‘Ahora te unjo como rey de Israel’”.

13 Dicho esto, todos se apresuraron a tender sus mantos sobre los escalones, a los pies de Jehú. Luego tocaron la trompeta y gritaron: «¡Viva el rey Jehú!»

14 Entonces Jehú, hijo de Josafat y nieto de Nimsi, conspiró contra Jorán. Sucedió que Jorán, con todo el ejército israelita, había estado defendiendo Ramot de Galaad contra Jazael, rey de Siria,

15 pero tuvo que regresar a Jezrel para reponerse de las heridas que había recibido de los sirios en la batalla. Así que Jehú les dijo a sus partidarios: «Si ustedes quieren que yo sea rey, no dejen que nadie salga de la ciudad para ir a Jezrel con el informe».