2 Kings 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

When I and thou rode together after Ahab his father; which might be when Ahab went in his chariot, attended with his nobles or chief officers, (of which these were two,) to take a formal and solemn possession of Naboth's land; for then the prophet Elijah met him, and denounced this judgment against him, 1 Kings 21:17, &c. This burden, i.e. this grievous prophecy; for such are oft and truly called burdens, as Isaiah 13:1, Isaiah 15:1 Jeremiah 23:33,34 Na 1:1.

2 Kings 9:25

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;