2 Kings 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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;

Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, х Bidqar (H920), contraction for ben dªqar, son of stabbing; shaalishow (H7991), third man (see the notes at Exodus 14:7; Exodus 15:1); Septuagint, ton tristateen autou].

Remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, х rokªbiym (H7392) tsªmaadiym (H6776) 'achªreey (H310), riding in yoke, pair-wise, behind Ahab; Septuagint, epipebeekotes epi zeugee opisoo; Josephus ('Antiquities,' b. 9:, ch. 6:, sec. 3), as we sat behind in the chariot of Ahab.]

Cast him in the portion of the field ... - according to the doom pronounced by divine authority on Ahab (1 Kings 21:19), but which on his repentance was deferred, to be executed on his son.

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;