2 Kings 9:14 - Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Bible Study & Commentary

Verse 14

JEHU RUSHED TO JEZREEL TO KILL KING JORAM

"So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria, but king Joram was returned to be healed of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael, king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. So Jehu rode in a chariot; and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram."

Apparently, the purpose of the long parenthesis in 2 Kings 9:15 is to stress the fact that "all Israel," that is, the entire armed forces of Israel were stationed there under the command of Jehu.

"If this be your mind, let none escape" (2 Kings 9:15). Once any man was proclaimed king during the reign of another king, that automatically meant the death of one of them, or the engagement of a long war. Jehu said, in effect. "All right, you have made me king; now, whatever you do, do not let anyone leave here with that kind of information to be told in Jezreel." And Jehu took a detachment of the troops and headed for Jezreel to kill the king.

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