Berean Standard Bible
2 Kings 9:21-36
21“HarnessH631!” JoramH3088 shoutedH559, and they harnessedH631 his chariotH7393.
Then JoramH3088 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 and AhaziahH274 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 set outH3318, eachH376 in his own chariotH7393, and metH3318H7122 JehuH3058H4672 on the propertyH2513 of NabothH5022 the JezreeliteH3158.
When JoramH3088 sawH7200 JehuH3058, he askedH559, “Have you come in peaceH7965, JehuH3058?”
“HowH4100 can there beH5704 peaceH7965,” he repliedH559, “as long asH7227 the idolatryH21831 and witchcraftH3785 of your motherH517 Jezebel aboundH348?”
23JoramH3088H3027 turned aroundH20152 and fledH5127, calling outH559 toH413 AhaziahH274, “TreacheryH4820, AhaziahH274!”
24Then JehuH3058 drewH4390H3027 his bowH7198 and shotH5221 JoramH3088 betweenH996 the shouldersH2220. The arrowH2678 piercedH3318 his heartH3820, and he slumped downH3766 in his chariotH7393.
25And Jehu saidH559 toH413 BidkarH920 his officerH7969, “Pick him upH5375 and throw himH7993 into the fieldH2513H7704 of NabothH5022 the JezreeliteH3158. ForH3588 remember thatH2142 when youH859 and IH589 were ridingH7392 togetherH6776 behindH310 his fatherH1 AhabH256, the LORDH3068 lifted upH5375 thisH2088 burdenH4853 against himH5921: 26‘As surelyH518H3808 as I sawH7200 the bloodH1818 of NabothH5022 and the bloodH1818 of his sonsH1121 yesterdayH570, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, so will I repayH7999 you on thisH2063 plot of groundH2513, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.’ Now thenH6258, according to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, pick him upH5375 and throw himH7993 on the plotH2513 of ground.”
27When KingH4428 AhaziahH274 of JudahH3063 sawH7200 this, he fledH5127 up the roadH1870 toward Beth-hagganH1004H1588.
And JehuH3058 pursued himH7291H310, shoutingH559, “ShootH5221 himH853 tooH1571!”
So they shot Ahaziah inH413 his chariotH4818 on the AscentH4608 of GurH1483,3 near IbleamH2991, and he fledH5127 to MegiddoH4023 and diedH4191 thereH8033. 28Then his servantsH5650 carried him by chariotH7392 to JerusalemH3389 and buriedH6912 himH853 with his fathersH1 in his tombH6900H5973 in the CityH5892 of DavidH1732.
29(In the eleventhH259H6240H8141 yearH8141 of JoramH3141 sonH1121 of AhabH256, AhaziahH274 had become kingH4427 overH5921 JudahH3063.)
30Now when JehuH3058 arrivedH935 in JezreelH3157, JezebelH348 heardH8085 of it. So she paintedH7760H6320 her eyesH5869, adornedH3190 her headH7218, and looked downH8259 fromH1157 a windowH2474. 31And as JehuH3058 enteredH935 the gateH8179, she askedH559, “Have you come in peaceH7965, O ZimriH2174, murdererH2026 of your masterH113?”4
32He looked upH5375H6440 atH413 the windowH2474 and called outH559, “WhoH4310 is on my sideH854? WhoH4310?”
And twoH8147 or threeH7969 eunuchsH5631 looked downH8259 at himH413.
33“Throw her downH8058!” yelledH559 Jehu.
So they threw her downH8058, and her bloodH1818 splatteredH5137 onH413 the wallH7023 and onH413 the horsesH5483 as they trampled her underfootH7429.
34Then Jehu went inH935 and ateH398 and drankH8354. “Take care ofH6485H4994 thisH2063 cursedH779 woman,” he saidH559, “and bury herH6912, forH3588 sheH1931 was the daughterH1323 of a kingH4428.”
35But when they went outH1980 to bury herH6912, they foundH4672 nothingH3808 butH3588H518 her skullH1538, her feetH7272, and the palmsH3709 of her handsH3027.
36So they went backH7725 and toldH5046 Jehu, who repliedH559, “ThisH1931 is the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, whichH834 He spokeH1696 throughH3027 His servantH5650 ElijahH452 the TishbiteH8664H559: ‘On the plotH2506 of ground at JezreelH3157 the dogsH3611 will devourH398 the fleshH1320 of JezebelH348.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 9:22 Hebrew adultery or prostitution, here a metaphor for idolatry ↩
- 2. 2 Kings 9:23 Literally turned his hands ↩
- 3. 2 Kings 9:27 See Syriac, Vulgate, and LXX; Hebrew “Shoot him, too, in his chariot!” (They did this) on the Ascent of Gur, ↩
- 4. 2 Kings 9:31 Or “Is there peace for Zimri, the murderer of his master?” See 1 Kings 16:10. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Kings 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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