2 Kings 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 9:12

“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

KJV

And 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They said, It is false - Or, as the Chaldee has it, Thou liest. Or, perhaps, it might be thus understood, “We know he has said nothing but folly and lies, nevertheless, let us hear what he has said.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He knew not but some of them either out of loyalty to Joram or envy of him, might oppose him, and go near to crush his interest in its infancy; but he relied on the divine appointment, and was not afraid to own it, knowing whom he had trusted: he that raised him would stand by him.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
שֶׁ֔קֶר	She.ker	falsehood	H8267 →
הַגֶּד־	ha.ged-	tell	H5046 →
נָ֖א	na'	please	H4994 →
לָ֑נוּ	La.nu	to us
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
כָּזֹ֤את	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →
וְכָזֹאת֙	ve.kha.zoT	and like this	H2063 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he said	H559 →
אֵלַי֙	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
כֹּ֚ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽ	me.shach.Ti.kha	I anoint you	H4886 →
לְמֶ֖לֶךְ	le.Me.lekh	to king	H4428 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →