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2 Kings 9:22

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 9:22

Verse 22 of 37

Scripture focus

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?

2 Kings 9:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 9:22

Theological / Devotional

Is it peace, Jehu? Joram’s question may be understood as referring to the situation in Gilead. Was everything well there at the seat of the war?

What peace? Joram’s anxious question was met with the rough answer of Jehu. Israel’s future king was not a diplomat but a warrior. His words were brusque and direct. The very mention of peace by Joram stirred up in the soul of Jehu a tempest of wrath and brought down upon the head of the hapless king a torrent of denunciation more severe than would have come from the mouth of a prophet.

Whoredoms of thy mother. Whoredoms both in the spiritual sense of idolatries and faithlessness to God (1 Chronicles 5:25; Jeremiah 3:3, 8; Ezekiel 16:15-43; 23:27-30; Hosea 2:2-10), and in a literal sense, since the idolatrous religions of Palestine were fertility cults, whose sacred rites involved the most flagrant forms of indecency and immorality (see Numbers 25:1,2; 1 Corinthians 10:7,8).

Her witchcrafts. Sorceries, consultations with evil spirits, the use of spells and charms, the telling of fortunes, and divination of many kinds were common in the religions of the ancient Orient (see 1 Samuel 28:3, 7-9; 2 Kings 1:2; 17:17; 2 Kings 21:3, 6; Daniel 2:2; Acts 16:16). God’s people were forbidden to have any part in such activities (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:26, 31; 20:6, 27; Deuteronomy 18:10-12; 1 Chronicles 10:13; Isaiah 8:19).

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