2 Kings 9:18

What hast thou to do with peace? what right hast thou, or thy master that sent thee, to peace?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What hast thou to do with peace? - i. e., “What does it matter to thee whether my errand is one of peace or not?”
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 9:1 to 2 Kings 10:31 . The Revolution and Overthrow of the Baal Worship. This spirited narrative is probably derived from the same sourc...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What... ? Figure of speech Anteisagoge (App-6).
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Turn thee behind me ] The command had the same object as that in 2 Kings 9:15 , viz. to prevent warning being given.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

One on horseback. — Literally, the rider of the horse. What hast thou to do with peace? — A rough evasion: “What business is it of yours, on w...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REVOLT OF JEHU 2 Kings 9:1-37 B.C. 842 " Te semper anteit saeva Necessitas, Clavos trabales et cuneos manu, Gestans ahena. " - HORAT.,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Driving of Jehu” 2 Kings 9:14-26 Many times in this chapter the question is asked, though in varying tones, “Is it peace?” The horsemen as...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The hour had come to carry out the sentence of God on the house of Ahab. The prophet sent one of the sons of the prophets to anoint Jehu. This Jehu,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The whole design of this being from the Lord, we have only to remark how the various circumstances all concurred to insure the ruin of Ahab's house....
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PEACE, OR A SWORD? ‘And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.’ 2 Kings 9:18 I. The dispensation of judgment and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There stood a watchmen on the tower For watchmen were set on high places in time of peace as well as war wherever the king was, that he might not b...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Contingent Of The Rebels, With Jehu At Their Head, Approach Jezreel, And Are Challenged By The Unsuspecting King ( 2 Kings 9:15-20 ). The incide...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 9:21 . Each in his chariot went out against Jehu —Rather, to meet Jehu. They would not have ridden ou...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 9:18 I. The dispensation of judgment and the dispensation of love, so opposite in all points, did, in fact, proceed from one and the same...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So there went one on horseback to meet him and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu, energetic and resourceful as he was, said, What has...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 9:19 ; 2 Kings 9:22 ; Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 59:8 ; Jeremiah 16:5 ; Romans 3:17

¹⁸ So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 9:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 9:18