Verse 4
Call his name Jezreel - יזרעאל that is, God will disperse. This seems to intimate that a dispersion or sowing of Israel shall take place; which happened under Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:5 , 2 Kings 17:6 . But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. 2 Kings 9:10 , 2 Kings 9:36 ; 2 Kings 10:6 .
This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth Abraham, Israel, Judah, Joshua, Zerubbabel, Solomon, Sheer-jashub, etc.
The blood of Jezreel - Not Jehu's vengeance on Ahab's family, but his acts of cruelty while he resided at Jezreel, a city in the tribe of Issachar, Joshua 19:18 , where the kings of Israel had a palace, 1 Kings 21:1 .
Will cause to cease the kingdom - Either relating to the cutting off of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, see 1 Kings 21:6 , or to the ceasing of the kingdom of Israel from the house of Jehu, 2 Kings 10:30 , and which was fulfilled, 2 Kings 15:10 . - Newcome.
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