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2 Kings 9:15

in 2 Kings 9

but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Kings 9

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

conspired against Joram

on 2 Kings 9:14-15

The wounded king had returned to Jezreel, leaving Jehu in command. His first order as king seals the city: do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel. The news will reach Jezreel only in his chariot, and the conspiracy depends on that silence.

This site's exposition

to recover from the wounds

Adam Clarke held that the allied armies had taken Ramoth-gilead and had to guard it, since Hazael meant to win it back. Joram's wounds from that fighting took him home to Jezreel. The commanders who had just crowned Jehu now held the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

But King Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel,.... As is recorded, 2Ki 8:29 and here repeated for the reason above given: and Jehu said, if it be your minds; to engage one and all, and heartily, in this conspiracy, and to make me king: then let none go forth nor escape out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel; that so Joram might be surprised unawares, and have no opportunity either of fleeing or of preparing for his defence.

The words behind it

28 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּשָׁב֩and he had returned

    vaiyashavH7725 →1056 times

  • יְהוֹרָ֨םJehoram

    yehoramH3088 →29 times

  • הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣אto get himself healed

    lehitrape'H7495 →67 times

  • בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אלin Jezreel

    viyzereelH3157 →36 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַמַּכִּים֙the wounds

    hamakimH4347 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יַכֻּ֣הוּthey wounded him

    yakuhuH5221 →499 times

  • אֲרַמִּ֔ים[the] Arameans

    ʾaramimH761 →11 times

  • בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹwhen fought he

    behilachamoH3898 →177 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • חֲזָאֵ֖לHazael

    chazaelH2371 →23 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲרָ֑םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יֵהוּא֙Jehu

    yehu'H3058 →58 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • יֵ֣שׁthere

    yeshH3426 →140 times

  • נַפְשְׁכֶ֔ם[is] mind your

    nafshekhemH5315 →754 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • יֵצֵ֤אhe go out

    yetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • פָלִיט֙an escapee

    falitH6412 →

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הָעִ֔ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • לָלֶ֖כֶתto go

    lalekhetH1980 →1546 times

  • לְהַגִּ֥ידto tell

    legidH5046 →370 times

  • בְּיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃in Jezreel

    beyizreelH3157 →36 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 8:29

    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 9:15–16

      but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders…

    • 2 Kings 8:28

      Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

    • 1 Kings 22:34

      However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…

    • 2 Chronicles 22:5–7

      Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 22:6

    so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 21:17

      So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…

    • 2 Chronicles 22:7

      Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house…

    • 2 Chronicles 22:1

      Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…

    • 2 Kings 8:29

      So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).