Blood on the carpet today. The red carpet. Ha ha.
Ahaziah and Joram
2 Kings 8:28-20, 2 Chronicles 22:5-6
Jehu anointed king
2 Kings 9:1-13
Jehu slays Joram
2 Kings 9:14-26, 2 Chronicles 22:7
Ahaziah’s death
1 Kings 9:27-28, 2 Chronicles 22:9
Royal family slain
2 Kings 11:1-2, \2 Chronicles 22:10
Joash spared
2 Kings 112:2-3, 2 Chronicles 22:11-12
Jezebel
2 Kings 9:30-37
Blood letting on a prodigious scale. Today the prophecies of doom that Elijah uttered come to pass. Joram, Ahaziah, and finally the evil Queen Jezebel meet their fate as Jehu cuts like a whirlwind through the royal families of Israel and Judah. It’s almost like a passage out of Judges, and indeed perhaps that’s not a bad comparison, because back then the remembrance of God was fading, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
It remains to be seen whether Jehu will stay true to God, and whether Elisha’s influence for good will prevail, as the great Judges succeeded in hauling Israel back to faithfulness.
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