2 Kings 9:14-37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:21

And Joram said, make ready ,.... The chariot, put to the horses; bind them, as the word signifies, to the chariot: and his chariot was made ready ; by his servants immediately: and Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot ; not both in the same chariot, but each in his own, for the sake of greater magnificence: and they went out against Jehu ; not in an hostile manner, for they had no notion of him as an enemy; though it is much they had no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:22

And it came to pass, when Joram saw, Jehu, that he said, is it peace, Jehu ?.... Have things gone well at Ramothgilead? art thou come in triumph from thence? or obliged to fly from the Syrians? or art thou come in a peaceable, or in an hostile manner to me? and he answered, what peace ; canst thou expect at home or abroad, from me or others: so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many ? which may be understood both literally of corporeal whoredom,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:23

And Joram turned his hand, and fled ,.... Taking hold of the horses' reins with it to turn them, or by the motion of it directing the charioteer to turn them back towards Jezreel, whither he fled: and said to Ahaziah, there is treachery, O Ahaziah ; a conspiracy formed, and rebellion raised by the captains, at the head of which he supposed Jehu was. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:24

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength ,.... To give the arrow all the force he could: and smote Jehoram between his arms ; that is, between his shoulders, his back being turned to him, and the chariot an open one: and the arrow went out at his heart : quite through him: and he sunk down in his chariot ; and died immediately. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:25

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain ,.... Not Joram's, but Jehu's captain, though he had been the former's, and his father Ahab's also: take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite ; near to which they were: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father ; either in the same chariot, or on horseback side by side, his guards or retinue following him two and two: the Lord laid this burden upon him ; this heavy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:27

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this ,.... That Joram was slain: he fled by the way of the garden house , which perhaps stood upon the spot where Naboth's vineyard was, turned into a garden by Ahab: and Jehu followed after him ; as far as Samaria, where he was hid, 2 Chronicles 22:9 , and said, smite him also in the chariot ; this order he gave to his soldiers, to do to him as he had done to Joram: and they did so: at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam ; a city... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:28

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem ,.... With the leave of Jehu, because he was the grandson of Jehoshaphat, a sincere worshipper of God, 2 Chronicles 22:9 , and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David ; see 1 Kings 22:50 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. In 2 Kings 8:25 , it is said to be in the twelfth year of his reign; it was at the close of the eleventh, and the beginning of the twelfth; or he began to reign with his father in the eleventh as here, and in the twelfth as there, when his father was dead. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:30

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ,.... And of what he had done to Joram: and she painted her face ; or put "stibium" on her eyes; a sort of paint, to make them look beautiful perhaps the same with powder of lead ore, the Moors now use to tinge their eyebrows with, and make them look black, which they reckon graceful; see Gill on Ezekiel 23:40 , this custom now obtains among the white Indians, who, to heighten the lustre of their complexion, and render their eyes... read more

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