2 Kings 9:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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?

When Joram saw Jehu ... he said, Is it peace, Jehu? Until that moment Joram had no apprehension of danger; but the defiant tone of Jehu, the obloquy cast upon the king's mother, and the outburst of national indignation against her foul idolatries, which through him was about to discharge itself, showed at once both the nature and the gravity of the crisis х zªnuwneey (H2183) ... 'imªkaa (H517), whoredoms (spiritually), idolatries; uwkshaapeyhaa (H3785), sorceries; Septuagint, farmaka].

2 Kings 9:22

22 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?