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2 Kings 9:14 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 14
So 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.2 Kings 9:14 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:14 in context
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.
16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- RamothgileadRâmôth GilʻâdRamoth-Gilad, a place East of the JordanH7433 →
- RamothgileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- JehoshaphatYᵉhôwshâphâṭJehoshaphat, the name of six IsraelitesH3092 →
- conspiredqâsharto tie, physically or mentallyH7194 →
- NimshiNimshîyNimshi, the father of JehuH5250 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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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