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2 Kings 9:13 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 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.2 Kings 9:13 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:13 in context
11Then 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.
12And 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.
13Then 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.
14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15But 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- trumpetsshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- garmentbegeda coveringH899 →
- hastedmâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
- stairsmaʻălâhelevationH4609 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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Jehu, after some pause, returned to his place at the board, taking no notice of what had passed, but, as it should seem, designing, for the present, to keep it to himself, if they had not urged him to disclose it. Let us therefore see what passed between him and the captains. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-15