2 Kings 9:26
in 2 Kings 9‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.
KJV
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons - We are not informed in 1 Kings 21 that any of Naboth’s family was slain but himself: but as the object both of Ahab and Jezebel was to have Naboth’s vineyard entirely, and for ever, it is not likely that they would leave any of his posterity, who might at a future time reclaim it as their inheritance. Again, to secure this point, Jezebel had Naboth convicted of treason and atheism; in order that his whole family might be involved in his ruin.
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
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
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.
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord--Although their death is not expressly mentioned, it is plainly implied in the confiscation of his property (see 1Ki 21:16).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The passage from “Surely I have seen” to “Saith the Lord,” is exegetical of 2Ki 9:25, containing the “burden” there spoken of. And the blood of his sons - The murder of Naboth’s sons is here for the first time mentioned; but as the removal of the sons was necessary, if the vineyard was to pass to Ahab, we can well understand that Jezebel would take care to clear them out of the way.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| לֹ֡א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּמֵ֣י | demei | [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| נָבוֹת֩ | navot | Naboth | H5022 → | 22 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דְּמֵ֨י | demei | [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| בָנָ֜יו | vanav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רָאִ֤יתִי | raiti | I saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶ֙מֶשׁ֙ | ʾemesh | yesterday | H570 → | |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י | veshilamti | and I will repay | H7999 → | |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | to you | ||
| בַּחֶלְקָ֥ה | bachelkah | on the portion of land | H2513 → | 29 times |
| הַזֹּ֖את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| שָׂ֧א | sa' | pick [him] up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| הַשְׁלִכֵ֛הוּ | hashlikhehu | throw him | H7993 → | 125 times |
| בַּחֶלְקָ֖ה | bachelkah | on the portion of land | H2513 → | 29 times |
| כִּדְבַ֥ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
לֹ֡אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דְּמֵ֣י[the] blood<s> of
demeiH1818 →360 times
נָבוֹת֩Naboth
navotH5022 →22 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
דְּמֵ֨י[the] blood<s> of
demeiH1818 →360 times
בָנָ֜יוsons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
רָאִ֤יתִיI saw
raitiH7200 →1300 times
אֶ֙מֶשׁ֙yesterday
ʾemeshH570 →
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥יand I will repay
veshilamtiH7999 →
לְךָ֛to you
lekha
בַּחֶלְקָ֥הon the portion of land
bachelkahH2513 →29 times
הַזֹּ֖את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְעַתָּ֗הand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
שָׂ֧אpick [him] up
sa'H5375 →656 times
הַשְׁלִכֵ֛הוּthrow him
hashlikhehuH7993 →125 times
בַּחֶלְקָ֖הon the portion of land
bachelkahH2513 →29 times
כִּדְבַ֥רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:9
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 14:18
‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 34:14
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 5:9
Through
Deuteronomy 5:9You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
it leads to
- Exodus 20:4–6
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Exodus 20:4–6
Through
Deuteronomy 24:16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of…
- 2 Chronicles 25:4
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to…
- Jeremiah 31:29–30
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- Ezekiel 18:20
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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.