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2 Kings 9:25

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And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden upon him:

KJV

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;

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This verse in 2 Kings 9

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Rode together after Ahab - The Assyrian sculptures make it probable that Josephus was right in interpreting this “rode side by side behind Ahab in his chariot.” The Assyrian monarchs, when they go out to war, are frequently attended hy two guards, who stand behind them in the same chariot. Burden - Compare the use of the same word in Isaiah (Isa 13:1; Isa 15:1, etc.), and in Lamentations Lam 2:14, for a denunciation of woe.

This site's exposition

the Lord laid this burden

on 2 Kings 9:25-26

Jehu tells his own captain Bidkar to remember riding behind Ahab on this very road when the Lord laid this burden upon him, and orders Joram thrown into Naboth's field rather than given a king's burial. Verse twenty-six adds a detail the earlier chapter never states outright, the blood of his sons alongside Naboth's own, which Clarke reads as evidence that Jezebel's plot to secure the vineyard permanently must have removed any heir who could reclaim it. The command closes with its own citation, according to the word of the Lord, naming the debt as paid where it was incurred.

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

Jehu said to Bidkar, " 'Lift him out, and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite,' because last night I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his children." He is thinking here about what had been said …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For this the house of Ahab must be reckoned with; and that very piece of ground which he, with so much pride and pleasure, had made himself master of at the expense of the guilt of innocent blood, now became the theatre on which his son's dead body lay exposed a spectacle to the world. Thus the Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth.
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, &c.--according to the doom pronounced by divine authority on Ahab (1Ki 21:19), but which on his repentance was deferred to be executed on his son.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Cast him in the portion of the field - This was predicted, 1 Kings 21; and what now happened to the son of Ahab is foretold in 1Ki 21:29 of that chapter.

The words behind it

26 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.

  • וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בִּדְקַר֙Bidkar

    bidkarH920 →

  • שָֽׁלִשׁ֔וֹofficer his

    sheloshoH7991 →20 times

  • שָׂ֚אpick [him] up

    sa'H5375 →656 times

  • הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּthrow him

    hashlikhehuH7993 →125 times

  • בְּחֶלְקַ֕תin [the] portion of

    bechelkatH2513 →29 times

  • שְׂדֵ֖ה[the] field of

    sedehH7704 →334 times

  • נָב֣וֹתNaboth

    navotH5022 →22 times

  • הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֑יthe Jezreelite

    haiyizreeliH3158 →

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • זְכֹ֞רremember

    zekhorH2142 →230 times

  • אֲנִ֣יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • וָאַ֗תָּהand you

    vaatahH859 →1094 times

  • אֵ֣ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • רֹכְבִ֤ים[were] riding

    rokhevimH7392 →78 times

  • צְמָדִים֙pairs

    tzemadimH6776 →

  • אַֽחֲרֵי֙behind

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • אַחְאָ֣בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • אָבִ֔יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • וַֽיהוָה֙and Yahweh

    vayahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • נָשָׂ֣אhe lifted up

    nasa'H5375 →656 times

  • עָלָ֔יוon him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמַּשָּׂ֖אthe oracle

    hamasa'H4853 →66 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

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

Related verses

10 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.

1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”5 worksIsaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:4 works1 Kings 21:24–29Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”4 worksEzekiel 12:10Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’3 worksPsalms 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.3 worksMatthew 11:30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 23:33–38“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’2 worksMalachi 1:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:2 worksNahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:2 worksIsaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.2 works

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

    Matthew 11:30

    For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

    it leads to

    • 1 John 5:3

      For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

    • John 16:33

      I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

    • Philippians 4:13

      I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    • 2 Corinthians 12:9–10

      But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…

    • Galatians 5:1

      It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

  • Through

    Isaiah 13:1

    This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 47:1–15

      “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

    • Jeremiah 50:1

      This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

  • Through

    1 Kings 21:19

    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:38

      And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

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); 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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