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In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the LORD’s servants who were killed by Jezebel. <a href="/esv/2_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a> You shall strike down the house of Ahab your 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. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, so 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. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216You shall strike the house of Ahab your 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. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘And you shall strike the house of Ahab your 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. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My slaves the prophets, and the blood of all the slaves of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel. <a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, [who have died] at the hands of Jezebel. <a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of my servants the prophets and of all the servants of the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the LORD. <a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel. <a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I want you to wipe out the family of Ahab, so Jezebel will be punished for killing the prophets and my other servants. <a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge on Jezebel for shedding the blood of my servants the prophets and all the LORD's [other] servants. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> You are to kill your master the king, that son of Ahab, so that I may punish Jezebel for murdering my prophets and my other servants. <a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> You are to attack the household of your master Ahab, so I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, as well as the blood of all of the servants of the LORD that has been spilled at Jezebel's orders. <a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. <a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a> You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the LORD's servants. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall strike the house of Ahab your 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. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a> You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and you have struck the house of your lord Ahab, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of YHWH, from the hand of Jezebel; <a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel; <a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And smite thou the house of Ahab thy lord, and I avenged the bloods of my servants the prophets, and the bloods of all the servants of Jehovah from the hand of Jezebel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt cut off the house of Achab thy master, and I will revenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezabel. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you will shall strike down the house of Ahab, your lord. And I will avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, from the hand of Jezebel. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a> You shall destroy the house of Ahab your master; thus will I avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the other servants of the LORD shed by Jezebel. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you shall smite the house of Ahab your 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. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And you shall strike those of the house of Akhab, your Master, and avenge the blood of my Servants the Prophets, and the blood of all of the Servants of LORD JEHOVAH from the hand of Izabeil.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt utterly destroy the house of Achaab thy master from before me, and shalt avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezabel, <a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2927" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Jehu Anointed King of Israel</a> …6So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel. 7<a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wə·hik·kî·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">And you are to strike down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">of your master</a> <a href="/hebrew/256.htm" title="256: ’aḥ·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Once oechab; from 'ach and 'ab; brother of father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.">Ahab,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5358.htm" title="5358: wə·niq·qam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To avenge, take vengeance. A primitive root; to grudge, i.e. Avenge or punish.">so that I may avenge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: də·mê (N-mpc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">of My servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇî·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ū·ḏə·mê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">and the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·ḏê (N-mpc) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">the servants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">shed by the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/348.htm" title="348: ’î·zā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- Queen of Isr. with King Ahab. From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab.">of Jezebel.</a> 8The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-24</a> This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free. / I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’ / And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ ... <a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">1 Kings 19:16-17</a> You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet. / Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu. <a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29</a> “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.” <a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10-11</a> Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone! / Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken. <a href="/1_kings/16-3.htm">1 Kings 16:3-4</a> So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat: / Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.” <a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a> Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25-26</a> (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. / He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.) <a href="/2_kings/10-10.htm">2 Kings 10:10-11</a> Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.” / So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor. <a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">2 Kings 10:17</a> When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah. <a href="/2_kings/10-30.htm">2 Kings 10:30</a> Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4</a> Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Jeremiah 18:11</a> Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’ <a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5-6</a> And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-23</a> But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. ... <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a> For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you shall smite the house of Ahab your 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.I may avenge<a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35,43</a> To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste… <a href="/psalms/94-1.htm">Psalm 94:1-7</a> O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself… <a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a> That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.at the hand<a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32-37</a> And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs… <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a> For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)<a href="/1_kings/21-15.htm">1 Kings 21:15,21,25</a> And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/8-29.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-27.htm">Avenge</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-23.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-27.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-14.htm">Master</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-7.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-31.htm">Required</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-13.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-23.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm">Strike</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/9-8.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-22.htm">Avenge</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-8.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-8.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-10.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-10.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-16.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Master</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-19.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Required</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-19.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Strike</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 9</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead</a> 4. <a href="/2_kings/9-4.htm">The prophet having done his message, flees</a> 11. <a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth</a> 27. <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem</a> 30. <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab This command is given to Jehu, who is anointed king of Israel to execute judgment on the house of Ahab. Ahab's dynasty is marked by idolatry and apostasy, primarily due to the influence of his wife, Jezebel. The "house of Ahab" refers to his descendants and those loyal to his regime. This directive fulfills the prophecy given by Elijah in <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-24</a>, where God declares the end of Ahab's line due to his sins. The phrase underscores the biblical principle of divine retribution and the seriousness of leading Israel into idolatry.so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets The prophets were God's messengers, often persecuted and killed for speaking against the idolatry and injustices of Ahab and Jezebel's reign. This phrase highlights God's justice and His commitment to vindicating His servants. The avenging of the prophets' blood is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing that God does not overlook the suffering of His faithful ones (see <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-35</a>). It also serves as a warning to those who oppose God's messengers.and the blood of all the servants of the LORD This expands the scope of divine vengeance to include all faithful followers of God who suffered under Ahab and Jezebel's tyranny. The servants of the LORD encompass not only prophets but also other devout individuals who remained true to Yahweh amidst widespread apostasy. This phrase reflects the broader biblical narrative of God as the defender of His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/116-15.htm">Psalm 116:15</a>, which states that the death of His saints is precious in His sight.shed by the hand of Jezebel Jezebel, Ahab's wife, is notorious for her role in promoting Baal worship and persecuting the prophets of Yahweh. Her actions are documented in <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a>, where she is said to have massacred the prophets of the LORD. Jezebel's influence and actions symbolize the corrupting power of idolatry and the opposition to God's truth. Her eventual downfall, as prophesied in <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>, serves as a testament to God's sovereignty and justice. This phrase underscores the personal responsibility and culpability of Jezebel in the bloodshed, marking her as a central figure in the narrative of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a> Anointed by a prophet to become king of Israel, tasked with executing God's judgment on the house of Ahab. 2. <a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a> Former king of Israel, known for his idolatry and wickedness, particularly influenced by his wife, Jezebel. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a> Ahab's wife, notorious for promoting Baal worship and persecuting the prophets of Yahweh. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophets.htm">The Prophets</a> Servants of God who were persecuted and killed under Ahab and Jezebel's rule. 5. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, where Ahab's dynasty ruled and where Jehu was to carry out God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_inevitable.htm">God's Justice is Inevitable</a> God's command to Jehu underscores His commitment to justice. Despite the delay, God's judgment on Ahab's house was certain. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry_and_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry and Wickedness</a> Ahab and Jezebel's actions serve as a warning against idolatry and the persecution of God's people. Their fate illustrates the severe consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/g/god_uses_imperfect_instruments.htm">God Uses Imperfect Instruments</a> Jehu, though not perfect, was chosen by God to fulfill His purposes. This reminds us that God can use anyone to accomplish His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Jehu's task required courage and obedience to God's command. Our obedience to God, even when difficult, is crucial in fulfilling His plans. <a href="/topical/v/vengeance_belongs_to_the_lord.htm">Vengeance Belongs to the Lord</a> The directive to Jehu highlights that vengeance is God's prerogative, not ours. We are called to trust in His justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 9</a> <a href="/q/does_2_kings_9_7-10_repeat_elijah's_prophecy.htm">Why is Elijah’s prophecy (2 Kings 9:7–10) repeated and attributed to Elisha’s messenger, and does this create inconsistencies with earlier chapters? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_jehu's_judgment_fit_divine_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the harsh judgment carried out by Jehu in 2 Kings 9 with biblical themes of mercy and divine justice?</a> <a href="/q/what_events_are_described_in_2_kings.htm">What events are described in 2 Kings?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_2_kings_10_1-11_justify_killing.htm">How does 2 Kings 10:1–11 reconcile mass slaughter with the broader biblical prohibition against murder? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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 <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm" title="For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)">1Kings 18:4</a>; <a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm" title="Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?">1Kings 18:13</a>.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. <a href="/genesis/9-5.htm" title="And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.">Genesis 9:5</a>. Jezebel (Heb., 'Izebel) means immaculata--i.e., virgo. Is it the original of Isabel, Isabella, Isbel?<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master. This is plainly a command, not a prophecy. Jehu is expressly ordered by God to "smite," i.e. destroy utterly, the whole house of Ahab. This command he carried out (vers. 24, 33; <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">2 Kings 10:1-11</a>); and his obedience to it obtained for him the temporal reward that his children to the fourth generation should sit on the throne of Israel (<a href="/2_kings/10-30.htm">2 Kings 10:30</a>). Yet still his conduct in destroying the house of Ahab is spoken of by the Prophet Hosea as a sin, and God declares, by Hosea's mouth, that he will "avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu" (<a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4</a>). It is naturally asked - "How could Jehu's shedding this blood, at God's command and in fulfillment of his will, be a sin?" And it is rightly answered, "Because, if we do what is the will of God for any end of our own, for anything except God, we do in fact our own will, not God's. It was not lawful for Jehu to depose and slay the king his master, except at the express command of God, who, as the supreme King, sets up and puts down earthly rulers as he wills. For any other end, and done otherwise than at God's express command, such an act is sin. Jehu was rewarded for the measure in which he fulfilled God's commands, as Ahab, 'who had sold himself to work wickedness,' had yet a temporal reward for humbling himself publicly, when rebuked by God for his sin, and so honoring God, amid an apostate people. But Jehu, by cleaving, against the will of God, to Jeroboam's sin (<a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">2 Kings 10:29, 31</a>), which served his own political ends, showed that, in the slaughter of his master, he acted, not as he pretended, out of zeal for the will of God (<a href="/2_kings/10-16.htm">2 Kings 10:16</a>), but served his own will and his own ambition only. By his disobedience to the one command of God, he showed that he would have equally disobeyed the other, had it been contrary to his own will or interest. He had no principle of obedience. And so the blood which was shed according to the righteous judgment of God, became sin to him that shed it in order to fulfill, not the will of God, but his own" (see Dr. Pusey's 'Minor Prophets, with a Commentary,' p. 9, col. 1). That I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets. Comp. <a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a> and 1 Kings 19:14. Elijah believed all the prophets of Jehovah, except himself, to have been either slain or banished under Ahab, as we see from <a href="/1_kings/18-22.htm">1 Kings 18:22</a> and 1 Kings 19:10, 14. And the blood of all the servants of the Lord. There had evidently been a general persecution of the followers of Jehovah, and not merely a persecution of the prophets. It was only after a number of martyrdoms that the followers of Jehovah in Israel were reduced (<a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">1 Kings 19:18</a>) to the scanty number of "seven thousand." At the hand of Jezebel. Jezebel was at the bottom of all the persecutions. Sometimes she took matters into her own hands, gave her own orders, and saw them carried out (<a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm">1 Kings 18:13</a>; <a href="/1_kings/21-8.htm">1 Kings 21:8-14</a>). At other times she was content to "stir her husband up" (<a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25</a>) and incite him to evil courses. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And you are to strike down וְהִ֨כִּיתָ֔ה (wə·hik·kî·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> To strike the house בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of your master אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ (’ă·ḏō·ne·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller Ahab, אַחְאָ֖ב (’aḥ·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_256.htm">Strong's 256: </a> Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet so that I may avenge וְנִקַּמְתִּ֞י (wə·niq·qam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5358.htm">Strong's 5358: </a> To grudge, avenge, punish the blood דְּמֵ֣י ׀ (də·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of My servants עֲבָדַ֣י (‘ă·ḇā·ḏay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant the prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֗ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet [and] וּדְמֵ֛י (ū·ḏə·mê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the servants עַבְדֵ֥י (‘aḇ·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel [shed] by the hand מִיַּ֥ד (mî·yaḏ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of Jezebel. אִיזָֽבֶל׃ (’î·zā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_348.htm">Strong's 348: </a> Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:7 You shall strike the house of Ahab (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/9-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 9:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>