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2 Kings 9:5

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and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain.

KJV

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

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This verse in 2 Kings 9

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
The chief officers - the generals - were assembled together in Jehu’s quarters, perhaps holding a council of war. The place of assembly seems to have been the great court. Hence, Jehu “went into the house” 2Ki 9:6 entered, that is, one of the rooms opening into the court.

This site's exposition

the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead

on 2 Kings 9:4-6

The prophet poured the oil on his head, and the words add a title: king over the LORD’s people Israel. This covenant language, used of David's people, still calls this kingdom the LORD's own. Gill notes that Hosea 1:9, where God disowns Israel as His people, was still to come.

This site's exposition

For which of us?

The commanders are sitting together, and Albert Barnes takes the scene as a council of war. Jehu's question makes the messenger name him in front of the others. Matthew Henry saw the point of it: no captain could later say Jehu had seized the honor by speaking first.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 9:1-24 · Written before 373.

proposed

"Then the prophet Elisha called a member of the company of prophets and said to him, 'Gird up your loins; take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.' " Here the Scripture reports the just sentence that befalls the house of …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Perhaps Jehu had some intimation of his business; and therefore, that he might not seem too forward to catch at the honour, he asked, To which of all us? that it might not be said afterwards he got it by speaking first, but they might all be satisfied he was indeed the person designed.
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

So the young man . . . went to Ramoth-gilead--His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent proof of his piety and obedience. The act of anointing being done through a commissioned prophet, was a divine intimation of his investiture with the sovereign power.

The words behind it

18 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.

  • וַיָּבֹ֗אand he came

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֨הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • שָׂרֵ֤י[the] commanders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַחַ֙יִל֙the army

    hachayilH2428 →246 times

  • יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים[were] sitting

    yoshevimH3427 →1079 times

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • דָּבָ֥רa word

    davarH1697 →1440 times

  • לִ֛י[belongs] to <the> me

    li

  • אֵלֶ֖יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • הַשָּׂ֑רO commander

    hasarH8269 →421 times

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יֵהוּא֙Jehu

    yehu'H3058 →58 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מִ֣יwhom?

    miH4310 →423 times

  • מִכֻּלָּ֔נוּfrom all of us

    mikulanuH3605 →5413 times

  • וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלֶ֥יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • הַשָּֽׂר׃O commander

    hasarH8269 →421 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 9:2When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.5 worksJudges 3:19But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.2 works2 Kings 15:25Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.2 works2 Kings 4:13and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.2 works

The walk

5 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

    Judges 3:19

    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 4:20

      And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

    • Judges 3:20

      Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

    • Acts 23:18–19

      So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

    • 2 Kings 9:5–6

      and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.

    • Genesis 45:1

      Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Jezebel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 9 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 9:1-24; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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