2 Kings 9:19
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said,.... The same as the first messenger did, and had the same answer, and was bid to do the same as in the preceding verse.
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2 Kings 9:20
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the watchman told, saying, he came even unto them, and cometh not again,.... Was detained, as the other was: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for, coming nearer, the watchman could discern the manner of his driving: for he driveth furiously; in great haste, making much speed, being a man of a very warm and active...
2 Kings 9:21
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:22
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:23
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
2 Kings 9:24
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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.
2 Kings 9:25
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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...
2 Kings 9:26
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:27
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:28
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
2 Kings 9:29
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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.
2 Kings 9:30
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:31
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:32
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
2 Kings 9:33
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, throw her down,.... Out of the window upon the ground: so they threw her down; took her up, and cast her headlong, as they were bid: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall; of the palace where she was: and on the horses; which drew the chariot of Jehu: and he trod her underfoot; with his horses; according to Kimchi, her...
2 Kings 9:34
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And when he was come in,.... To the palace: he did eat and drink; to refresh himself after so long a march, and doing such execution: and said, go see now this cursed woman; who had been the means of bringing a curse on Israel through her idolatry, and upon Ahab and his family, and upon herself, body and soul, being cursed of God and of men: and...
2 Kings 9:35
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And they went to bury her,.... The servants of Jehu, according to his orders and instructions; but they found no more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands; the flesh, and even all the rest of her bones, being devoured by dogs, so that there was scarce anything of her to be buried, as in 2 Kings 9:10, something similar to...
2 Kings 9:36
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore they came again, and told him,.... How things were, and what only could be found of Jezebel: and he said, this is the word of the Lord; or the fulfilment of it: which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying; as in 1 Kings 21:23.
2 Kings 9:37
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel,.... For upon this spot her carcass fell when thrown out of the window of the king's palace, and here it was left; for the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which was in the portion of Jezreel, was next to the palace, 1 Kings 21:1, there seems to be...