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2 Kings 9:21 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 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.2 Kings 9:21 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:21 in context
19Then 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.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And 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?
23And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chariotrekeba vehicleH7393 →
- AhaziahʼĂchazyâhAchazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite kingH274 →
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JoramYᵉhôwrâmJehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three IsraelitesH3088 →
- readyʼâçarto yoke or hitchH631 →
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From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was more than one day's march; about the mid-way between them the river Jordan must be crossed. We may suppose Jehu to have marched with all possible expedition, and to have taken the utmost precaution to prevent the tidings from getting to Jezreel before him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-29