2 Kings 9 - Study the King James Bible

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:

1 Kings 20:35
one: The Jews say that this was Jonah, the prophet, the son of Amittai.
the children: 2 Kings 4:1, 2 Kings 6:1-3
Gird up thy loins: As the upper garments of the Orientals were long and flowing, it was indispensably necessary to tuck up the skirts with a girdle about their loins, in order to use any expedition in their work or on a journey. 2 Kings 4:29, 1 Kings 18:46, Jeremiah 1:17, Luke 12:35-37, 1 Peter 1:13
box of oil: 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Kings 1:39
Ramothgilead: 2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 8:29, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:3, 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:20
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:13 - Ramothgilead 1 Kings 19:16 - Jehu 2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons 1 Chronicles 6:80 - Ramoth 2 Chronicles 18:2 - Ramothgilead 2 Chronicles 22:7 - the Lord had

And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

Jehu: Jehoram having retired from the army, Jehu seems to have been left first in command, having been long employed by Ahab's family. 2 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 19:16, 1 Kings 19:17
among his brethren: 2 Kings 9:5, 2 Kings 9:11
inner chamber: Heb. chamber in a chamber, 1 Kings 20:30, 1 Kings 22:25, *marg.
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:38 - Jehu

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

pour it: Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 8:12, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Kings 19:16
I have anointed: 2 Kings 8:13, 1 Samuel 9:16, 1 Samuel 15:1, 1 Samuel 15:17, 1 Samuel 16:12, Psalms 75:6, Psalms 75:7, Proverbs 8:15, Proverbs 8:16, Jeremiah 27:5-7, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 4:35, Daniel 5:18, John 19:10, John 19:11
and flee: 1 Samuel 16:2, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 10:16
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:1 - a vial 1 Kings 1:34 - Zadok 2 Kings 9:6 - I have anointed 2 Kings 9:10 - he opened 2 Kings 11:12 - anointed him

So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

the young man: Hannaâr hannavee, not as some would render, "the servant of the prophet," but, as correctly rendered by our venerable translators, "the young man, the prophet;" for הנער, hannaâr, "the young man," is not in regimine, but in appositione, with הנביא, hannavee, "the prophet." 2 Kings 9:4

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

I have an errand: Judges 3:19
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:27 - that I may 2 Kings 4:13 - to the captain 2 Kings 9:2 - among his brethren 2 Kings 15:25 - a captain

And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

he arose: Acts 23:18, Acts 23:19
I have anointed: 2 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 1:34, 1 Kings 19:16, 2 Chronicles 22:7, Psalms 2:6, *marg. Psalms 75:6, Isaiah 45:1, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:20, Daniel 5:21
over the people: 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Kings 14:7, 1 Kings 16:2
Reciprocal: Judges 3:19 - a secret 1 Samuel 9:27 - that I may 1 Samuel 16:1 - horn with oil 1 Samuel 16:13 - anointed 1 Kings 17:14 - thus saith 2 Kings 9:12 - Thus and thus

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

I may avenge: Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:43, Psalms 94:1-7, Matthew 23:35, Luke 18:7, Luke 18:8, Romans 12:19, Romans 13:4, Hebrews 10:30, Revelation 6:9, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:2
at the hand: 2 Kings 9:32-37, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 21:15, 1 Kings 21:21, 1 Kings 21:25
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:3 - avenge the Lord 1 Kings 15:29 - he left not 2 Kings 8:18 - the house 2 Kings 10:10 - the Lord hath done 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me Job 27:14 - children Jeremiah 26:5 - my Revelation 2:20 - that woman

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

I will cut off: 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 14:11, 1 Kings 21:21, 1 Kings 21:22
him that pisseth: 1 Samuel 25:22
him that is shut up: 2 Kings 14:26, Deuteronomy 32:36
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:18 - the house 2 Kings 10:17 - he slew 1 Chronicles 12:1 - while he yet Nehemiah 6:10 - shut up Job 27:14 - children

And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:

like the house: 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 14:11, 1 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 21:22
and like the house: 1 Kings 16:3-5, 1 Kings 16:11, 1 Kings 16:12
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:21 - him that is shut up

10.

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

the dogs: 2 Kings 9:35, 2 Kings 9:36, 1 Kings 21:23, Jeremiah 22:19
he opened: 2 Kings 9:3, Judges 3:26
Reciprocal: Joshua 17:16 - Jezreel Jeremiah 16:4 - as dung

11.

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

Is all well: 2 Kings 9:17, 2 Kings 9:19, 2 Kings 9:22, 2 Kings 4:26, 2 Kings 5:21
this mad fellow: It is probable there was something peculiar in the young prophet's manner and address, similar to the vehement actions sometimes used by the prophets when under the Divine influence, which caused the bystanders to use this contemptuous language. Isaiah 59:15, *marg. Jeremiah 29:26, Hosea 9:7, Mark 3:21, John 10:20, Acts 17:18, Acts 26:24, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 5:13
Reciprocal: Matthew 11:18 - He Matthew 26:61 - This John 9:29 - as for

12.

And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

Thus and thus: 2 Kings 9:6-10

13.

Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

and took every: The spreading of garments in the street, before persons to whom it was intended to shew particular honour, was an ancient and very general custom; the garments in these cases being used for carpets. In the Agamemnon of Aschylus, the hypocritical Clytemnestra commands the maids to spread carpets before her returning husband, that on his descending from his chariot he may place his foot on "a purple-covered path." We also find this custom among the Romans. Plutarch relates, that when Cato of Utica left the Macedonian army, where he had become legionary tribune, the soldiers spread their clothes in the way. Matthew 21:7, Matthew 21:8, Mark 11:7, Mark 11:8
on the top: The ancient fortified cities were generally strengthened with a citadel - Judges 9:46, Judges 9:51, commonly built on an eminence, to which they ascended by a flight of stairs - Nehemiah 3:15. It is extremely probable, therefore, that Ramoth-gilead, being a frontier town of Israel and Syria, had a tower of this nature; and that Jehu was proclaimed king on the top of the stairs by which they ascended the hill on which the tower stood, i.e., in the area before the door of the tower, and consequently the most public place in the city.
blew with trumpets: 2 Samuel 15:10, 1 Kings 1:34, 1 Kings 1:39, Psalms 47:5-7, Psalms 98:6
is king: Heb. reigneth
Reciprocal: Judges 3:27 - he blew 2 Chronicles 23:13 - sounded Luke 19:35 - they cast Acts 21:40 - on

14.

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

conspired: 2 Kings 9:31, 2 Kings 8:12-15, 2 Kings 10:9, 2 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 15:27, 1 Kings 16:7, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:16
kept Ramothgilead: 2 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 22:3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:13 - Ramothgilead 1 Kings 19:15 - Hazael 1 Kings 19:17 - the sword of Jehu 2 Kings 9:2 - Jehu 2 Kings 15:25 - conspired

15.

But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

Joram: Heb. Jehoram
returned: 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 22:6
had given: Heb. smote
none go forth: Heb. no escaper go forth, 1 Samuel 27:9-11
Reciprocal: Joshua 19:18 - Jezreel 2 Kings 8:28 - he went 1 Chronicles 13:2 - If it seem

16.

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.

And Ahaziah: 2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 22:6, 2 Chronicles 22:7
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:45 - Ahab

17.

And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

a watchman: 2 Samuel 13:34, 2 Samuel 18:24, Isaiah 21:6-9, Isaiah 21:11, Isaiah 21:12, Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 62:6, Ezekiel 33:2-9, Acts 20:26-31
Take an horseman: 2 Kings 7:14
Is it peace: 2 Kings 9:19, 1 Samuel 16:4, 1 Samuel 17:22, 1 Kings 2:15, Luke 10:5, Luke 10:6
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:21 - Is all well 2 Kings 9:11 - Is all well 2 Kings 9:22 - Is it peace Habakkuk 2:1 - tower

18.

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

What hast thou to do: 2 Kings 9:19, 2 Kings 9:22, Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 59:8, Jeremiah 16:5, Romans 3:17
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:13 - Comest 2 Kings 9:31 - peace

19.

Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:11 - Is all well 2 Kings 9:17 - Is it peace 2 Kings 9:18 - What hast thou to do

20.

And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

driving: or, marching, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 3:12
for he driveth: 2 Kings 10:16, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Isaiah 54:16, Daniel 11:44
furiously: Heb. in madness
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:27 - thinketh

21.

And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

Make ready: Heb. bind, 1 Kings 20:14, *marg. Micah 1:13
Joram: 2 Chronicles 22:7
met: Heb. found, Numbers 20:14, *marg.
the portion of Naboth: 2 Kings 9:25, 1 Kings 21:1-7, 1 Kings 21:15, 1 Kings 21:18, 1 Kings 21:19
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:26 - one year 2 Kings 10:13 - the brethren 2 Kings 10:15 - lighted on

22.

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

Is it peace: 2 Kings 9:17
What peace: 2 Kings 9:18, Isaiah 57:19-21
the whoredoms: 1 Kings 16:30-33, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 21:8-10, 1 Kings 21:25, Nahum 3:4, Revelation 2:20-23, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:23
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:4 - Comest 1 Kings 1:42 - a valiant 1 Kings 18:19 - eat at Jezebel's table 1 Kings 22:8 - concerning me 1 Kings 22:52 - in the way 2 Kings 3:2 - and like 2 Kings 9:11 - Is all well 1 Chronicles 12:17 - If ye be come 2 Chronicles 18:7 - me 2 Chronicles 21:11 - fornication 2 Chronicles 21:13 - a whoring Esther 2:21 - and sought Proverbs 7:10 - the attire Isaiah 57:21 - General Hosea 2:4 - children of

23.

And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

There is treachery: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:13

24.

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

drew a bow with his full strength: Heb. filled his hand with a bow
smote: 1 Kings 22:34, Job 20:23-25, Psalms 50:22, Proverbs 21:30, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
sunk: Heb. bowed
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:49 - smote 2 Kings 8:15 - so that he died 2 Kings 10:4 - Behold 2 Kings 15:10 - slew him 2 Chronicles 35:23 - the archers Hosea 1:4 - and I Hosea 7:7 - devoured

25.

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

the Lord: 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:24-29, Isaiah 13:1, Jeremiah 23:33-38, Nahum 1:1, Malachi 1:1, Matthew 11:30
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:29 - in his son's days 2 Kings 9:21 - the portion of Naboth 2 Kings 10:17 - according 2 Kings 11:18 - went 2 Kings 15:12 - And so Psalms 37:10 - thou Isaiah 14:19 - thou Ezekiel 12:10 - This Hosea 1:4 - and I

26.

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

blood of Naboth: Heb. bloods of Naboth
of his sons: Deuteronomy 24:16, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 25:4
I will requite: Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 5:9, Ezekiel 18:19
plat: or, portion
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:10 - crieth 1 Kings 2:31 - that thou 1 Kings 21:13 - they carried him 1 Kings 21:19 - In the place 1 Kings 21:29 - in his son's days 2 Kings 9:33 - and he trode 2 Kings 10:17 - according 2 Kings 15:12 - And so 2 Chronicles 6:23 - requiting Job 12:21 - poureth Psalms 10:14 - to requite Proverbs 28:17 - General Jeremiah 32:18 - recompensest Micah 2:2 - so Habakkuk 2:10 - consulted

27.

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

Ahaziah: 2 Kings 8:29, Numbers 16:26, 2 Chronicles 22:7-9, Proverbs 13:20, 2 Corinthians 6:17
garden house: 1 Kings 21:2
Ibleam: Joshua 17:11, Judges 1:27
Megiddo: "In the kingdom of Samaria." 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30, Judges 1:27, Judges 5:19, 1 Kings 4:12, 2 Chronicles 22:9
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:15 - Megiddo 2 Kings 10:4 - Behold 2 Kings 11:1 - the mother 2 Kings 12:1 - the seventh 1 Chronicles 7:29 - Megiddo 2 Chronicles 35:22 - Megiddo Psalms 109:14 - let not

28.

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kings 12:21, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Kings 14:20, 2 Kings 23:20, 2 Chronicles 25:28, 2 Chronicles 35:24
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:29 - Ramah 2 Kings 23:30 - servants 2 Chronicles 22:9 - Because

29.

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

in the eleventh: 2 Kings 8:16, 2 Kings 8:24, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Chronicles 22:2
began Ahaziah: "Then he began to reign as viceroy to his father in his sickness." 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19,"But in Joram's twelfth year, he began to reign alone. 2 Kings 8:25.

30.

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

Jezebel: 1 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 19:2
painted her face: Heb. put her eyes in painting, Jeremiah 4:30, Ezekiel 23:40
tired: Isaiah 3:18-24, Ezekiel 24:17, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 3:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:16 - window Numbers 16:27 - and stood Joshua 19:18 - Jezreel 1 Kings 16:31 - Jezebel 1 Kings 21:23 - Jezebel Proverbs 6:25 - take Proverbs 7:10 - the attire Isaiah 3:9 - The show Revelation 2:20 - that woman Revelation 9:8 - hair

31.

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

Zimri: 1 Kings 16:9-20
peace: 2 Kings 9:18-22
Reciprocal: Numbers 16:27 - and stood 1 Kings 16:10 - Zimri 1 Kings 16:15 - seven 2 Kings 9:14 - conspired 2 Kings 15:10 - slew him 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Zimri

32.

And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

Who is on my side: Exodus 32:26, 1 Chronicles 12:18, 2 Chronicles 11:12, Psalms 118:6, Psalms 124:1, Psalms 124:2
eunuchs: or, chamberlains, Esther 1:10, Esther 2:15, Esther 2:21, Acts 12:20
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:11 - for David 1 Kings 22:9 - officer 2 Kings 8:6 - officer 2 Kings 9:7 - at the hand 2 Kings 10:6 - If ye be mine 2 Chronicles 23:12 - she came Esther 4:4 - chamberlains Esther 7:9 - one of the chamberlains Psalms 94:16 - rise up Jeremiah 29:2 - eunuchs

33.

And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

Throw her down: 1 Kings 21:11
and on the horses: This terrible mode of punishment appears to have been but rarely used, though we occasionally meet with it during this and subsequent periods. The same punishment, it is well known, obtained among the Romans, who used to throw certain malefactors from the Tarpeian rock. This practice obtains among the Moors at Constantia, a town of Barbary; and is also of frequent occurrence in Persia.
and he trode: 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 7:20, Isaiah 25:10, Lamentations 1:15, Micah 7:10, Malachi 4:3, Matthew 5:13, Hebrews 10:29
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 14:30 - And Absalom's 1 Kings 21:29 - in his son's days 2 Kings 7:17 - the people trode upon him Psalms 68:23 - the tongue Isaiah 28:3 - shall Isaiah 63:3 - and trample Hosea 7:7 - devoured Zephaniah 1:17 - and their blood

34.

And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

he did eat: 1 Kings 18:41, Esther 3:15, Amos 6:4
this cursed woman: 1 Kings 21:25, Proverbs 10:7, Isaiah 65:15, Matthew 25:41
she is a king's: 1 Kings 16:31
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:2 - and like 2 Chronicles 22:9 - Because Job 12:21 - poureth Psalms 37:10 - thou Ecclesiastes 8:10 - so Isaiah 14:19 - thou Jeremiah 34:20 - and their Luke 16:22 - and was buried

35.

And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

but they found: Job 31:3, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Isaiah 14:18-20, Jeremiah 22:19, Jeremiah 36:30, Acts 12:23
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:10 - the dogs Psalms 107:40 - contempt Ecclesiastes 8:10 - so Isaiah 34:3 - slain Jeremiah 15:3 - I will Luke 16:22 - and was buried

36.

Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

This is: 1 Kings 21:23
by his: Heb. by the hand of his, 2 Kings 14:25, Leviticus 8:36, 2 Samuel 12:25
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:1 - Jezreel 1 Kings 12:15 - that he might 1 Kings 15:29 - he left not 2 Kings 9:10 - the dogs 2 Kings 10:10 - by 2 Kings 15:12 - And so Jeremiah 8:2 - they shall be Jeremiah 16:4 - as dung Malachi 2:3 - spread

37.

And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

the carcase: Psalms 83:10, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Isaiah 14:18-20, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 16:4, Jeremiah 22:19, Jeremiah 36:20, Ezekiel 32:23-30
Reciprocal: Joshua 17:16 - Jezreel 1 Kings 14:10 - as a man taketh 1 Kings 15:29 - he left not 2 Kings 15:12 - And so Ezra 6:11 - his house Job 20:7 - perish Isaiah 5:25 - torn Jeremiah 9:22 - fall Jeremiah 25:33 - they shall be Malachi 2:3 - spread Philippians 3:8 - but dung