2 Kings 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The driving ... furiously - The word translated “driving” means “leading” or “conducting” a band. The watchman observed that the “company” (or, multitude) was led forward madly, and associated this strange procedure with the known character of Jehu. It is curious that some versions, as well as Josephus, give an opposite sense: “he driveth quietly.”

Jehu was properly “the grandson” of Nimshi, who was probably a more famous person than Jehoshaphat 2 Kings 9:2.

2 Kings 9:20

20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the drivingd is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.