Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 9:7
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
7. thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master ] The punishment of Ahab had been postponed because of his repentance (1Ki 21:29) but the sins of the father, which have blossomed and borne evil fruit in his children, will at last be thoroughly punished. The instrument chosen is one who had been in the service of Ahab, and so was aware of the evil that had been wrought by him.
my servants, the prophets ] Although Obadiah was able to save a hundred, Jezebel still made havoc of the rest. And it appears from the words that follow that not the prophets only, but all the servants of the Lord, had been the objects of her rage. And she was yet alive and in power. There must have been much zeal for Jehovah to sustain the righteous spirit which manifests itself so frequently in the history of Elijah and Elisha.
at the hand of Jezebel ] i.e. God will require from her and her family the penalty for all the evil that has been wrought.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. Thou shalt smite the house of Ahab] For their most cruel murders they have forfeited their own lives, according to that immutable law, “HE that sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed.” This and the two following verses contain the commission which Jehu received from the Lord against the bloody house of Ahab.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Smite, i.e. kill and destroy, as that word is used, Gen 8:21, and elsewhere.
Thy master; thy former lord and king.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master,…. For Jehu was one of Ahab’s captains, as he was now one of his son’s, as appears from 2Ki 9:25, but this was to be no objection with him to the destroying of his house, as being an act of high treason, since he had an order for it from the King of kings, and Lord of lords; which otherwise would have seemed unlawful and criminal, and what follows will sufficiently vindicate the justice of God in it:
that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel; who killed the prophets of the Lord, and caused to be put to death Naboth the servant of the Lord, and now their blood was to be avenged on her and her son Joram, and all her family.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) The house of Ahab thy master.Not Ahab thy master, but the house of Ahab thy lords. The LXX. adds, from before me.
The blood of my servants the prophets.See 1Ki. 18:4; 1Ki. 18:13.
The blood of all the servants of the Lord.We are not told elsewhere, but the thing is in itself probable, that Jezebel persecuted to the death those who clung to the exclusive worship of Jehovah.
At the hand of Jezebel.Comp. Gen. 9:5. Jezebel (Heb., Izbel) means immaculatai.e., virgo. Is it the original of Isabel, Isabella, Isbel?
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
In the commission which Elisha had intrusted this servant among the prophets with, no doubt more was intimated to him than is related in the chapter, from the addition he made in this command, how Jehu should act in the destruction of the house of Ahab. Reader! remark in it, how sure God’s judgments are. As an apostle hath said most assuredly will it be found, that the judgment of the unregenerate lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 2Pe 2:3 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Ver. 7. And thou shalt smite. ] See on 2Ki 9:1 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I may avenge: Deu 32:35, Deu 32:43, Psa 94:1-7, Mat 23:35, Luk 18:7, Luk 18:8, Rom 12:19, Rom 13:4, Heb 10:30, Rev 6:9, Rev 6:10, Rev 18:20, Rev 19:2
at the hand: 2Ki 9:32-37, 1Ki 18:4, 1Ki 21:15, 1Ki 21:21, 1Ki 21:25
Reciprocal: Num 31:3 – avenge the Lord 1Ki 15:29 – he left not 2Ki 8:18 – the house 2Ki 10:10 – the Lord hath done 2Ki 10:16 – Come with me Job 27:14 – children Jer 26:5 – my Rev 2:20 – that woman
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 9:7. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab Thou shalt execute my judgment upon them, pronounced long ago. That I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, &c. That they were idolaters was bad enough, and merited all that was brought upon them; yet this is not mentioned here; but the controversy God has with them is for their being persecutors. Nothing fills up the measure of the iniquity of any prince or people so much as this doth; nor brings a surer or sorer ruin. This was the sin which principally brought on Jerusalem both its first and its final destruction, 2Ch 36:16, and Mat 23:37-38. Jezebels whoredoms and witchcrafts were not so provoking to God as her persecuting the prophets and other faithful worshippers of God, killing some, and driving the rest into corners and caves, 1Ki 18:4.