2 Kings 9:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

2 Kings 9:4 —

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Church and State Enthusiasm Form Government Jurisdiction Nonconformity Ramoth-Gilead

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4-6. So the young man ... went to Ramoth-gilead--His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent proof of his piety and obedience. The act of anointing being done through a commissioned prophet, was a divine intimation of his investiture with the sovereign power. But it was sometimes done long prior to the actual possession of the throne (1Sa 16:13); and, in like manner…