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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 9:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 9:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Then take [03947] the box [06378] of oil [08081], and pour [03332] it on his head [07218], and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], I have anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]. Then open [06605] the door [01817], and flee [05127], and tarry [02442] not. |
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King James |
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I have anointed thee king over Israel--This was only a part of the message; the full announcement of which is given (Kg2 9:7-10).
flee, and tarry not--for fear of being surprised and overtaken by the spies or servants of the court. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Flee, and tarry not - The probable object of these directions was at once to prevent questioning, and to render the whole thing more striking. |
7 And thou shalt smite [05221] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256] thy master [0113], that I may avenge [05358] the blood [01818] of my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], and the blood [01818] of all the servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], at the hand [03027] of Jezebel [0348].
8 For the whole house [01004] of Ahab [0256] shall perish [06]: and I will cut off [03772] from Ahab [0256] him that pisseth [08366] against the wall [07023], and him that is shut up [06113] and left [05800] in Israel [03478]:
9 And I will make [05414] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256] like the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], and like the house [01004] of Baasha [01201] the son [01121] of Ahijah [0281]:
10 And the dogs [03611] shall eat [0398] Jezebel [0348] in the portion [02506] of Jezreel [03157], and there shall be none to bury [06912] her. And he opened [06605] the door [01817], and fled [05127].