22 Yet Edom revolted j from under the hand of Ju- dah untilthis day. Then Libnah & revolted / at the ſame Une.
; Forthough Joram had given them a Defeat, yer it may ſeem to have been no great ſl:ughter, bur only a putting them to flight ; and therefore they might eaſily rally again. And Jehoram could nor pur- ſue the Victory, becauſe he was recalled by the revolt of his own Subje&s, which had took the occaſion of his Abſence and probably feared that others would follow their Enample, if they had the like occaſion. k A conſiderable City in Judah, belonging to the P1'eſts, Jof: 15; 42: and 21: 13. 1 Why, ſee 2 Chron: 21; 19, 11+ TItis probable they returned to their Obedience, becauſe thoſe Words, unto this day, which are added to the former Clauſe, are omitted here.
23 And the reſt of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ws ?
m Of which ſee on 1 Kings 14; 19. of
24 And Joram ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and * Ahaziah his ſon reigned in his ſtead,
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hap» IX: I I. Firſt, He began to Reign ia the Confines of Jorams rith and 12th. Ycar. in the very end of his 11th Year, or towards the beginning of the 12th, whence iris indifferently aſcribed to the one or the other. Or, Secondly, The one year of 4haz/#h did concur with the latter half of Jorams nth Year, and the former half of his 12th Year: and if he could not be ſaid to begin ro reign in both theſe Years, yet he might unqueſtionably be ſaid to reign in both of hem; and the Hebrew word, both here and chap: 5: 29. properly fignines hereigned, and not, he began 20 reign, as it is Tranſlated. Or, Thirdly, Ahaziah began to Reign with his Father, and during his Lite accor- ding to the late Example both in Judah and Iſrael, there being alio ſpecial occaſion for it, by reaſon of Jorams cruel and long ſicknets, 2 Chron: 21. 18, &c. and this was in Joram's 11th Year, and then his Father diced, and he began his ſingle Reign in Jorams 12th Year, o Called alſo Jehoahaz, 2 Chron. 21s 17. and Ahaziah, 2 Chron, 22-6:
26 Two and twenty years old p was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jeruſa- lem ; and his mothers name was Athaliah, the daughter 9 of Onari king of Iſrael. |
y How this agrees with 2 £/r0m: 22: 2. ſee on that place. q l« e. His Grand-daughter. See above on v 18.
27 And he walked in the way of the houſe of Ahab, and did evil in the ſight of the LORD, as 43d the houſe of Ahab ; for he was the ſon in law of the houſe of Ahab r.
r He was the proper Son of 4thaliah, Daughter of Ahab. and the Grand-Son-in-law of 4has, becauſe his Father was 4habs Son-in-law, v. 18,
28 4 And he went with Joram the ſon of Ahab, to the war againſt Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
(Cap: 29 And * king Joram went back to be healed in Jez- 415. reel of the wounds | which the Syrians had given hin» {., at Ramah {, when he fought againit Hazael king of nimewith : ? S
+5rians Syria : and Ahaziah the fon of Jehoram king of Judah. vi ww went down to 1ſce Joram the fon of Ahab in Jezreel, s. hecouſe he was Þ ſick.
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Eliſha ſendeth a Y\ung Prophet with Inftrufions to anoint Jehu King over Iſrael: whom he chargeth to deffroy the Houſe of Ahav : and fleeth, g-— 10, Jehu 1s made King by the Soldiers, killeth Jaram in the Field of Naboth, 11 - 26. Killeth alſs Abaz.iah King of Judah, 217 —29. Cauſeth Jezebel ta be thrown out of a Window : who is devoured by Dogs, : manes 7 &
AX D Eliſha the prophet called one of the children | of the prophets, and ſaid unto him, Gird up th) loins a, and take this box of oyl in thine hand, and g- to Ramoth-gilead.
a For haſte, to take this opportunity when the Kings of 1ſ-ael and
Judah were both abſent, chap: 8: 29: and Jehu, as it ſeems, was left in Chief Command.
2 And when thou comeſt thither, look out there Je- hu the ſon of Jehoſhaphart, the ſon of Nimſhi, and goin, and make him ariſe up from among his brethren, and
Hh, Carry him to an Þf inner chamber 6.
tmber in 6 Partly, that the Work may not be hindred : and partly for [ember the ſecurity of thy own Perſon. See v. 3.
'[ Kings Then * take the box of oyl, and pour zt on his 9.16 head, and fay, Thus faith the LORD, I nave anointed thee king over Iſrael c : then open the door, and flee, and tarry not .
c This was not his whole M«ſſage ; but the reſt of it is parcicularly declared, wv. 7.8, 9, 10. and is to be underſtood here.
4 \ So the young man, even the young man the pro- phet, went ro Ramoth-gilead 4.
d Which is herenoted, as an eminent aC& of Obedience, whereby he run into a manifeſt hazard of his Life.
5 And when he came, behold, the captains of th.- hoſt were ſitting : and he ſaid, I havean errand toti.ce O captain. And Jehu ſaid, Unto which of all us ? And he ſaid, To thee, O captain.
6 And he aroſe, and went into the houſe e, and he poured the oyl on his head f, and ſaid unto him, Thus {faith the LORD God of I{rael, * I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Ifrael.