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2 Kings 9:15 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 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.2 Kings 9:15 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:15 in context
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.
17And 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- JezreelYizrᵉʻêʼlJizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two IsraelitesH3157 →
- SyriansʼĂrammîyan Aramite or AramaeanH761 →
- healedrâphâʼproperly, to mendH7495 →
- woundsmakkâha woundH4347 →
- foughtlâchamto feed onH3898 →
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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