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2 Kings 9:14
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu acts at Ramoth-gilead immediately after his officers proclaim him king, initiating a conspiracy against King Joram. The text notes Joram and the Israelite forces are engaged in a campaign against Hazael king of Aram at that location.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּתְקַשֵּׁר (va/yit.ka.Sher) means "he conspired" or "he plotted," indicating a coordinated secret arrangement. It is directed אֶל (el) "against" יוֹרָם (yo.Ram) "Joram," establishing the specific target of Jehu's maneuver.
The thread — The pattern of military conspiracy appears in 1 Kings 15:27, where Baasha plots against Nadab, and connects to the ongoing struggle for Ramoth-gilead in 1 Kings 22:3 and 2 Kings 8:28. These passages document the recurring cycle of armed insurrection during the divided monarchy.
Why it lands — The text records a calculated transfer of royal power driven by military loyalty rather than explicit divine command in this moment. It asks the reader to observe how human networks execute political shifts while the narrative tracks the movement of kings between Ramoth-gilead and Jezreel.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth–gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 8:28 Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
- 1 Kings 22:3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 15:27 Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- 1 Kings 16:7 Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 16:9 However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
- 1 Kings 16:16 and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- 2 Kings 9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
- 2 Kings 10:9 The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
- 2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.