Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 9:25
Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, [and] cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
25. rode together after Ahab his father ] Jehu had long experience of the doings of Ahab’s family, and had not forgotten the prophetic words of Elijah. ‘Little did he think when he heard that message that his hands would act it’ (Bp Hall). By ‘riding together after Ahab’ we are not to understand that they were both together in the same chariot or both in Ahab’s chariot, but that they were together among the king’s retinue, when he went down to take possession of Naboth’s vineyard.
laid this burden upon him ] Or (as R.V. margin) ‘uttered this oracle against him’. The noun is that which is so often used by the prophets, especially Isaiah, for the oracle spoken against any city or nation. Cf. Isa 13:1; Isa 15:1; Isa 17:1; Isa 19:1, &c. Also 2Ch 24:27. The verb also is cognate with the noun, and signifies here ‘to lift up’, i.e. the voice, in the utterance of a prophecy.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Rode together after Ahab – The Assyrian sculptures make it probable that Josephus was right in interpreting this rode side by side behind Ahab in his chariot. The Assyrian monarchs, when they go out to war, are frequently attended hy two guards, who stand behind them in the same chariot.
Burden – Compare the use of the same word in Isaiah (Isa 13:1; Isa 15:1, etc.), and in Lamentations Lam 2:14, for a denunciation of woe.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. Cast him in the portion of the field] This was predicted, 1 Kings 21; and what now happened to the son of Ahab is foretold in 1Kg 21:29 of that chapter.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
When I and thou rode together after Ahab his father; which might be when Ahab went in his chariot, attended with his nobles or chief officers, (of which these were two,) to take a formal and solemn possession of Naboths land; for then the prophet Elijah met him, and denounced this judgment against him, 1Ki 21:17, &c.
This burden, i.e. this grievous prophecy; for such are oft and truly called burdens, as Isa 13:1; 15:1; Jer 23:33,34; Na 1:1.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. cast him in the portion of thefield of Naboth the Jezreelite, &c.according to the doompronounced by divine authority on Ahab (1Ki21:19), but which on his repentance was deferred to be executedon his son.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain,…. Not Joram’s, but Jehu’s captain, though he had been the former’s, and his father Ahab’s also:
take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; near to which they were:
for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father; either in the same chariot, or on horseback side by side, his guards or retinue following him two and two:
the Lord laid this burden upon him; this heavy denunciation of vengeance by Elijah the prophet; and they being together, and pretty near, heard it, as he might remember, which follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) Then said Jehu.Literally, And he said.
Bidkar.The Syriac gives Bar-dkar, son of stabbing, i.e., stabber, slayer a very suitable name for Jehus squire. The Hebrew name is, therefore, a contraction of Ben-dekar. (Comp. Bedan, son of Dan, i.e., Danite, 1Sa. 12:11; and Bedad, son of Hadad, in 1Ch. 1:46.)
Captain.Adjutant, aide-de-camp, chief (2Ki. 7:2).
Remember how that, when I and thou rode together.This gives the sense of the Hebrew correctly. Literally, remember thou me and thee riding together. The word rendered together probably means riding side by side on horseback in attendance on the king. The Targum, vulg., and Kimchi interpret, riding together in the same chariot; Josephus, riding together in Ahabs chariot behind him.
The Lord laid this burden upon him.Rather, Jehovah uttered this (prophetic) utterance upon (i.e., about) him. (Comp. the oracle uttered by Elijah against Ahab when taking possession of Naboths vineyard, 1Ki. 21:17, seq., 1Ki. 21:29.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. For remember Jehu remembers, and in substance repeats, the word of the Lord by Elijah, ( 1Ki 21:19 ; 1Ki 21:29,) and, conscious that he himself is the minister of judgment, he fulfils the word of the Lord. “This,” says Kitto, “completes the first act of this awful tragedy, which reads like the old Greek dramas but far less old than this of accomplished fate. The appointed executer of the doom was himself the witness of its being imposed. All is complete.”
Laid this burden upon him This burden of judgment; that is, pronounced upon him this doom.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 9:25 Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, [and] cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
Ver. 25. Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain. ] Heb., Triarium suum, his third captain, or captain of a third part of his forces.
The Lord laid this burden.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
laid, &c. Compare 1Ki 21:29.
burden = a prophetic pronouncement of doom. Compare Isa 13:1; Isa 15:1; Isa 17:1. Nah 1:1. Hab 1:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the Lord: 1Ki 21:19, 1Ki 21:24-29, Isa 13:1, Jer 23:33-38, Nah 1:1, Mal 1:1, Mat 11:30
Reciprocal: 1Ki 21:29 – in his son’s days 2Ki 9:21 – the portion of Naboth 2Ki 10:17 – according 2Ki 11:18 – went 2Ki 15:12 – And so Psa 37:10 – thou Isa 14:19 – thou Eze 12:10 – This Hos 1:4 – and I