2 Kings 9:25-37

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 9:16-29

From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was more than one day's march; about the mid-way between them the river Jordan must be crossed. We may suppose Jehu to have marched with all possible expedition, and to have taken the utmost precaution to prevent the tidings from getting to Jezreel before him; and, at length, we have him within sight first, and then within reach, of the devoted king. I. Joram's watchman discovers him first at a distance, him and his retinue, and gives notice to the king of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 9:30-37

The greatest delinquent in the house of Ahab was Jezebel: it was she that introduced Baal, slew the Lord's prophets, contrived the murder of Naboth, stirred up her husband first, and then her sons, to do wickedly; a cursed woman she is here called (2 Kgs. 9:34), a curse to the country, and whom all that wished well to their country had a curse for. Three reigns her reign had lasted, but now, at length, her day had come to fall. We read of a false prophetess in the church of Thyatira that is... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:31

And as Jehu entered in at the gate ,.... Either of the city of Jezreel, or of the king's palace: she said, had Zimri peace, who slew his master ? Elah the son of Baasha king of Israel; no, he had not; he reigned but seven days, and, being besieged, burnt the king's house over him, and died, 1 Kings 16:10 , suggesting that the like would be his fate, who had slain his master Joram; or the words may be rendered, "O Zimri, the slayer of his master"; calling Jehu so, because of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:32

And he lifted up his face to the window ,.... On hearing the above words: and said, who is on my side, who ? and will assist in taking vengeance on this haughty, imperious, and abusive woman: and there looked out to him two or three eunuchs ; who used to wait on her, as such did on women of quality, and attend them in their bedchambers; these, by their looks, signified they were ready to do any thing Jehu should direct them, Jezebel having been, perhaps, a very cruel mistress to... read more

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