10And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
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And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. …
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here the anointing of Jehu to be king, who was, at this time, a commander (probably commander-in-chief) of the forces employed at Ramoth-Gilead, 2 Kgs. 9:14. There he was fighting for the king his master, but received orders from a higher king to fight against him. It does not appear that Jehu aimed at the government, or that he ever thought of it, but the commission given him was a perfec…
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