Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 9:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 22:34 A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded.”
- Job 20:23-25 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through. He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
- Psalms 50:22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12-13 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him. But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his…
2Ki 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
Ver. 24. And the arrow went out at his heart.] Jehu was an excellent marksman; but it was God that guided his hand, strengthened his arm, {Eze 30:24} and ordered his arrow. {Jer 50:9}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Between his arms; between his shoulders, when he was…
Between his arms; between his shoulders, when he was turned or turning back, the chariot being probably open behind, as many times they were.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this,....…
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this,.... That Joram was slain:
he fled by the way of the garden house, which perhaps stood upon the spot where Naboth's vineyard was, turned into a garden by Ahab:
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and Jehu followed after him; as far as Samaria, where he was hid, Ch2 22:9,
and said, smite him also in the chariot; this order he gave to his soldiers, to do to him as he had done to Joram: and they did so:
at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam; a city in the tribe of Manasseh, Jos 17:11,
and he fled to Megiddo; after he was wounded; another city in the same tribe, Jos 17:11,
and died there; at Megiddo; though some think that from thence he was had by his servants to Samaria, and there hid, and, being found, was brought from thence to Jezreel, where he was slain, and died. Jehu was ordered to destroy the whole house of Ahab, and Ahaziah was of that house by his mother's side, and walked in the way of it, and was in conjunction with it, and perished therewith; this, though here recorded, was after the death of Jezebel, and of the seventy sons of Ahab, and of the brethren of Ahaziah.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The arrow - It was one of God's arrows,…
The arrow - It was one of God's arrows, which he ordained against the persecutor.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. Drew a bow with his full strength]…
Verse 24. Drew a bow with his full strength] The marginal reading is correct: He filled his hand with a bow. That is, "He immediately took up his bow, set his arrow, and let fly." This is the only meaning of the passage.
Between his arms] That is, between his shoulders; for he was now turned, and was flying from Jehu.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Jehu drew a bow ... - literally, as in…
Jehu drew a bow ... - literally, as in the margin, i. e., “Jehu took a bow in his hand.” The arrow struck Jehoram’s back, between his two shoulders, as he fled.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. drew a [R.V. his] bow with his full…
24. drew a [R.V. his] bow with his full strength] Literally as on margin of R.V. ‘filled his hand with the bow’, which expresses the attitude of a bowman as he shoots.
between his arms] As he was in flight, the arrow passed between his shoulders and so went through the breast. He was mortally wounded and could not be stayed up in his chariot, but died at once. Instead of ‘in his chariot’ the LXX. renders ‘upon his knees, reading the preposition in ברככו as a part of the root and treating the word as if it had been ברכיו.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) And Jehu drew . . . strength.—See margin,…
(24) And Jehu drew . . . strength.—See margin, which, however, is not quite accurate. Rather it should be, And Jehu had filled his hand (with an arrow) on the bow—i.e., had meanwhile put an arrow on his bow ready to shoot. Keil explains, “filled his hand with the bow,” i.e., seized the bow. The phrase “to fill a bow” means to stretch it, both in Hebrew (Zec_9:13) and in Syriac (Psa_11:2). In Psa_64:4. Symmachus renders the Hebrew, “they have aimed their arrow,” by the Greek, ἐπλήρωσαν τὸ τόξον, “they have filled the bow.”
Between his arms—i.e., between the shoulders, as he was flying; Vulg., “inter scapulas.”
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The arrow went out at his heart.—Or, came out from his heart. It struck him obliquely between the shoulders, and went right through the heart. (The word for “arrow” is hĕçî, an ancient form, occurring thrice in 1Sa_20:36-38.) Ewald, on this account, refers both passages to the oldest narrator of the history of the kings.
Sunk down.—See margin (Isa_46:1).
In his chariot.—LXX., “on his knees,” owing to a partial obliteration of one letter in their Hebrew text.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength.…
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength. This meaning is scarcely contained in the Hebrew, which merely says that Jehu "filled his hand with his bow," that is to say, took his bow into his hands for the purpose of using it. And smote Jehoram between his arms; i.e. directed an arrow against Jehoram with so true an aim, that it struck him in the middle of the back between his shoulders. And the arrow went out at his heart. This was quite possible, for the heart lies towards the center of the chest, not wholly on the left side. It is not necessary to suppose an oblique wound. And he sank down in his chariot. Jehoram fell into the "well," or body, of the chariot, and there lay, the chariot being brought to a stand.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength.
2Ki_9:24
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength.
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Aimlessness
The frivolous, purposeless lives of this world are like ships at the mercy of the wind and tide. Hail one of them, and ask, Whither are you bound? and the answer will be, I dont know. What cargo do you carry? Nothing. Well, what are you doing out here on the ocean of life? Only drifting. Ah! but you dont know what a sorry spectacle you make only drifting when there is so much to be done. It is said that Carlyle, on one of his daily walks, met a young man, and, falling into conversation with him, inquired about his purpose in life. I havent any particular purpose, came the reply. Then get one, exclaimed the stern old man, striking his cane on the pavement--get one quick. (Homiletic Review.)
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