2 Re 9:13

13 Allora ognun d’essi s’affrettò a togliersi il proprio mantello, e a stenderlo sotto Jehu su per i nudi gradini; poi suonarono la tromba, e dissero: "Jehu è re!"

2 Re 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 Re 9:13 In-Context

11 Quando Jehu uscì per raggiungere i servi del suo signore, gli dissero: "Va tutto bene? Perché quel pazzo è egli venuto da te?" Egli rispose loro: "Voi conoscete l’uomo e i suoi discorsi!"

12 Ma quelli dissero: "Non e vero! Orsù, diccelo!" Jehu rispose: "Ei m’ha parlato così e così, e m’ha detto: Così dice l’Eterno: Io t’ungo re d’Israele".

13 Allora ognun d’essi s’affrettò a togliersi il proprio mantello, e a stenderlo sotto Jehu su per i nudi gradini; poi suonarono la tromba, e dissero: "Jehu è re!"

14 E Jehu, figliuolo di Jehoshafat, figliuolo di Nimsci, fece una congiura contro Joram. Or Joram, con tutto Israele, stava difendendo Ramoth di Galaad contro Hazael, re di Siria;

15 ma il re Joram era tornato a Izreel per farsi curare delle ferite che avea ricevuto dai Siri, combattendo contro Hazael, re di Siria. E Jehu disse: "Se così vi piace, nessuno esca e fugga dalla città per andare a portar la nuova a Izreel".