2 Kings 9:27
in 2 Kings 9When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
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ASV
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
KJV
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
By the way of the garden-house - Or “by the way of Beth-Gan,” which has been conjectured to be another name for En-Gannim, “the spring of the gardens.” Both are considered identical with Ginaea, the modern Jenin, which lies due south of Jezreeh The road from Jezreel (Zerin) to Jenin passes at first along the plain of Esdraelon, but after a while begins to rise over the Samaritan hills. Here probably was “the ascent of Gur, by Ibleam,” which may have occupied the site of the modern Jelama. Whether the soldiers attacked him there or not is uncertain.
This site's exposition
by the way of the garden house
on 2 Kings 9:27-28
Ahaziah runs for Judah and is overtaken on the road near Ibleam, dying at Megiddo, a death Chronicles fills out with more detail than Kings gives here. Jehu still permits the body to be carried to Jerusalem and buried with his fathers in the city of David, a courtesy Gill traces to Ahaziah's descent from Jehoshaphat rather than any mercy toward the house of Ahab he had married into. Judah's throne, unlike Israel's, still has a David to be buried beside.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He died - The history is briefly and imperfectly described here, and the defects supplied in (the book of Chronicles, is great part written for that end, to supply things omitted in the book of Kings) out of both it may be thus compleated: he fled first to Megiddo, and thence to Samaria, where he was caught, and thence brought to Jehu, and by his sentence was put to death at Megiddo.
. [1.] Though he was now in Joram's company, he would not have been slain but that he was joined with the house of Ahab both in affinity and in iniquity. He was one of them (so he had made himself by his sins) and therefore he must fare as they fared.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Ahaziah--was grandnephew to King Joram, and great-grandson to King Ahab. Ibleam--near Megiddo, in the tribe of Issachar (Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27); and Gur was an adjoining hill.
Fled by the way of the garden - The account of the death of Ahaziah, as given in 2Ch 22:8, 2Ch 22:9, is very different from that given here: When Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab - he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu; and when they had slain him, they buried him. “The current of the story at large is this,” says Dr. Lightfoot: “Jehu slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were together; Ahaziah, seeing this, flees, and gets into Samaria, and hides himself there. Jehu marcheth to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel dogs’ meat: from thence he sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab’s children and posterity: which are brought him by night, and showed to the people in the morning. Then he marcheth to Samaria, and by the way slayeth forty-two of Ahab’s kinsmen; and findeth Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu, and he commands to carry him up towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there to slay him. It may be, his father Joram had slain his brethren there, as Ahab had done Naboth, in Jezreel. They do so; smite him there in his chariot; and his charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies. The story in the book of Kings is short: but the book of Chronicles shows the order.” Lightfoot’s Works, vol. i., p. 88.
The words behind it
26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחַזְיָ֤ה | vaachazyah | and Ahaziah | H274 → | 37 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| רָאָ֔ה | raah | he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וַיָּ֕נָס | vaiyanos | and he fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| דֶּ֖רֶךְ | derekh | [the] direction | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | Beth | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַגָּ֑ן | hagan | Haggan | H1588 → | 42 times |
| וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ף | vaiyirdof | and he pursued | H7291 → | 143 times |
| אַחֲרָ֜יו | ʾacharav | after him | H310 → | 715 times |
| יֵה֗וּא | yehu' | Jehu | H3058 → | 58 times |
| וַ֠יֹּאמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֹת֞וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֻּ֣הוּ | hakuhu | strike down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה | hamerkavah | the chariot | H4818 → | 44 times |
| בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־ | bemaaleh- | at [the] ascent of | H4608 → | |
| גוּר֙ | gur | Gur | H1483 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | [is] with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יִבְלְעָ֔ם | yivleam | Ibleam | H2991 → | |
| וַיָּ֥נָס | vaiyanos | and he fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| מְגִדּ֖וֹ | megido | Megiddo | H4023 → | 12 times |
| וַיָּ֥מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַאֲחַזְיָ֤הand Ahaziah
vaachazyahH274 →37 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
רָאָ֔הhe saw
raahH7200 →1300 times
וַיָּ֕נָסand he fled
vaiyanosH5127 →159 times
דֶּ֖רֶךְ[the] direction
derekhH1870 →707 times
בֵּ֣יתBeth
beitH1004 →2046 times
הַגָּ֑ןHaggan
haganH1588 →42 times
וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ףand he pursued
vaiyirdofH7291 →143 times
אַחֲרָ֜יוafter him
ʾacharavH310 →715 times
יֵה֗וּאJehu
yehu'H3058 →58 times
וַ֠יֹּאמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אֹת֞וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
הַכֻּ֣הוּstrike down him
hakuhuH5221 →499 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗הthe chariot
hamerkavahH4818 →44 times
בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־at [the] ascent of
bemaaleh-H4608 →
גוּר֙Gur
gurH1483 →
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֶֽת־[is] with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
יִבְלְעָ֔םIbleam
yivleamH2991 →
וַיָּ֥נָסand he fled
vaiyanosH5127 →159 times
מְגִדּ֖וֹMegiddo
megidoH4023 →12 times
וַיָּ֥מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
שָֽׁם׃there
shamH8033 →834 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
Judges 5:19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
it leads to
- Judges 1:27
At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 5:30
‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
- Judges 1:27
Through
Joshua 17:11Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
it leads to
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 7:29
And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
- Joshua 12:23
the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
- Judges 5:19
Through
1 Kings 4:12Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
it leads to
- Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
- Joshua 17:11
Through
Judges 1:27At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:34–35
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
- Psalms 106:34–35
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonDivided kingdomJehuThe furious-driving commander anointed at Elisha's order who purged the house of Ahab and Baal from Israel — zealous for the LORD,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.