2 Kings 9:23
in 2 Kings 9Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
KJV
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd Joram turned his hand, and fled,.... Taking hold of the horses' reins with it to turn them, or by the motion of it directing the charioteer to turn them back towards Jezreel, whither he fled: and said to Ahaziah, there is treachery, O Ahaziah; a conspiracy formed, and rebellion raised by the captains, at the head of which he supposed Jehu was.
This site's exposition
the whoredoms of thy mother
on 2 Kings 9:22-23
Joram's question, is it peace, gets an answer aimed past him at his mother: what peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many. Wesley observes that Jehu names her sins rather than Joram's own, because hers were the more notorious and the real cause of the judgment he has come to carry out. Joram turns to flee with one word for his nephew, treachery, the first he has understood of what has already happened at Ramoth-gilead.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
So he went out with a group of select men. But he met Joram, king of Israel, in the course of his journey, and little later Ahaziah, king of Judah. He was able to defeat them after the first attack and killed them both.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Jezebel daring the judgment. She heard that Jehu had slain her son, and slain him for her whoredoms and witchcrafts, and thrown his dead body into the portion of Naboth, according to the word of the Lord, and that he was now coming to Jezreel, where she could not but expect herself to fall next a sacrifice to his revenging sword.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
A report was made to Joram in his palace below. A messenger on horseback was quickly despatched down into the plain to meet the ambiguous host and to question the object of their approach. "Is it peace?" We may safely assume that this messenger would meet Jehu at the distance of three miles or more.
There is treachery, O Ahaziah - This was the first intimation he had of it: he feels for the safety of his friend Ahaziah, and now they fly for their lives.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Turned his hands - The meaning is that Joram ordered his charioteer to turn round and drive back to the town.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ | vaiyahafokh | and he turned around | H2015 → | 94 times |
| יְהוֹרָ֛ם | yehoram | Jehoram | H3088 → | 29 times |
| יָדָ֖יו | yadav | hands his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וַיָּנֹ֑ס | vaiyanos | and he fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ | ʾachazyahu | Ahaziah | H274 → | 37 times |
| מִרְמָ֥ה | mirmah | treachery | H4820 → | |
| אֲחַזְיָֽה׃ | ʾachazyah | O Ahaziah | H274 → | 37 times |
וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְand he turned around
vaiyahafokhH2015 →94 times
יְהוֹרָ֛םJehoram
yehoramH3088 →29 times
יָדָ֖יוhands his
yadavH3027 →1618 times
וַיָּנֹ֑סand he fled
vaiyanosH5127 →159 times
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּAhaziah
ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times
מִרְמָ֥הtreachery
mirmahH4820 →
אֲחַזְיָֽה׃O Ahaziah
ʾachazyahH274 →37 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 11:14And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…
- 2 Kings 23:3
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…
- Luke 19:37
And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- Revelation 19:1–7
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- 1 Kings 1:39–40
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
Through
2 Chronicles 23:13And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing…
it leads to
- Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Psalms 14:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
- 2 Kings 9:13
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
- Proverbs 29:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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 (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.