2 Kings 9:11 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then 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 what his talk was.

KJV

Then 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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This mad fellow - The captains, seeing his excited look, his strange action, and his extreme haste, call him (as soldiers would) “this wild fellow.”

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיֵה֗וּא	ve.ye.Hu'	and Jehu	H3058 →
יָצָא֙	ya.Tza'	he went out	H3318 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
אֲדֹנָ֔יו	'a.do.Nav	master<s> his	H113 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and someone said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to him
הֲשָׁל֔וֹם	ha.sha.Lom	¿ peace	H7965 →
מַדּ֛וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
בָּֽא־	ba'-	did he come	H935 →
הַמְשֻׁגָּ֥ע	ham.shu.Ga'	the mad [man]	H7696 →
הַזֶּ֖ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
אֵלֶ֑יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
אַתֶּ֛ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
יְדַעְתֶּ֥ם	ye.da'.Tem	you know	H3045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאִ֖ישׁ	ha.'Ish	the man	H376 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
שִׂיחֽוֹ׃	si.Cho	talk his	H7879 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 26:24
At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”
leads to
- Mark 3:21
  When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 2:13–14
  And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
- 2 Corinthians 5:13
  If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:10
  We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
Through
John 10:20
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
leads to
- John 7:20
  “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
Through
Jeremiah 29:26
‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in…
leads to
- Jeremiah 20:1–2
  When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,
Through
Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and…
leads to
- Acts 26:24–25
  At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”