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2 Kings 9:21

9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. driving: or, marching furiously: Heb. in madness
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. Make ready: Heb. Bind met: Heb. found

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Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.

And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

What does 2 Kings 9:21 mean?

2 Kings 9:21 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהוֹרָם (Yᵉhôwrâm), אָמַר (ʼâmar), אָסַר (ʼâçar). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
JoramיְהוֹרָםYᵉhôwrâm/yeh-ho-rawm'/H3088Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Make
ready.אָסַרʼâçar/aw-sar'/H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
And
his
chariotרֶכֶבrekeb/reh'-keb/H7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
was
made
ready.אָסַרʼâçar/aw-sar'/H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
And
JoramיְהוֹרָםYᵉhôwrâm/yeh-ho-rawm'/H3088Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
and
AhaziahאֲחַזְיָהʼĂchazyâh/akh-az-yaw'/H274Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
JudahיְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâh/yeh-hoo-daw'/H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
went
out,יָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
eachאִישׁʼîysh/eesh/H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
in
his
chariot,רֶכֶבrekeb/reh'-keb/H7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
and
they
went
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
againstקִרְאָהqirʼâh/keer-aw'/H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Jehu,יֵהוּאYêhûwʼ/yay-hoo'/H3058Jehu, the name of five Israelites
and
metמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
him
in
the
portionחֶלְקָהchelqâh/khel-kaw'/H2513properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
of
NabothנָבוֹתNâbôwth/naw-both'/H5022Naboth, an Israelite
the
Jezreelite.יִזְרְעֵאלִיYizrᵉʻêʼlîy/yiz-reh-ay-lee'/H3158a Jizreelite or native of Jizreel
Make
ready:
Heb.
Bind
met:
Heb.
found

Commentary on 2 Kings 9:21

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 9:21
> Great service Elisha had done, in the foregoing chapter, for the three kings: to his prayers and prophecies they owed their lives and triumphs. One would have expected that the next chapter would tell us what honours and what dignities were conferred on Elisha for this, that he should immediately be preferred at court, and made prime-minister of state, that Jehoshaphat should take him home with him, and advance him in his kingdom. No, the wise man delivered the army, but no man remembered the wise man, Eccl. ix. 15 . Or, if he had preferment offered him, he declined it: he preferred the honour of doing good in the schools of the prophets before that of being great in the courts of princes. God magnified him, and that sufficed him—magnified him indeed, for we have him here employed in working no fewer than five miracles. I. He multiplied the poor widow's oil, ver. 1-7 . II. He obtained for the good Shunammite the blessing of a son in her old age, ver. 8-17 . III. He raised that child to life when it was dead, ver. 18-27 . IV. He healed the deadly pottage, ver. 38-41 . V. He fed 100 men with twenty small loaves, ver. 42-44 .

Cross-references

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1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

2 Kings 2:9

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

2 Kings 6:26

And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

2 Kings 6:27

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? If: or, Let not the LORD save thee

Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

John 6:5

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

Acts 3:6

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

2 Corinthians 6:10

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? of the: or, of that

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2 Chronicles 22:1

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

2 Chronicles 22:11

But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

2 Chronicles 22:7

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. destruction: Heb. treading down

2 Kings 12:18

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. went: Heb. went up

2 Kings 8:25

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

2 Kings 8:29

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. which: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded Ramah: called Ramoth sick: Heb. wounded

2 Kings 9:23

And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Exodus 14:6

And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:

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What does 2 Kings 9:21 say?

2 Kings 9:21 (King James Version) reads: "And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. Make ready: Heb. Bind met: Heb. found"

Is 2 Kings 9:21 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Kings 9:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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