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2 Kings 9:2
When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elisha issues this command to a commissioned prophet at the outset of the oil-anointing mission in Ramoth-gilead. The instruction precedes the explicit orders to pour the oil and announce the divine kingship appointment.
The words — וּ/רְאֵֽה (u./re.'e.ho.Sha-) means look for, paired with שָׁ֠ם (Sham) meaning there, stressing exact visual identification of the target. The repeated בֶן (ben) = son of structures Jehu’s lineage as Jehoshaphat’s son and Nimshi’s grandson.
The thread — This directive anchors the immediate narrative of the anointing mission, which continues through the army commanders’ gathering (2 Kings 9:5), the servants’ inquiry about the prophet’s visit (2 Kings 9:11), and the recorded conspiracy against Joram (2 Kings 9:14).
Why it lands — The text demands precise location and isolation of a single individual before public action. It requires a reader to note that divine commissioning operates through specific, controlled procedures rather than public spectacle.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 9:5 and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
- 2 Kings 9:11 When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
- 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,
- 1 Kings 19:16 You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- 1 Kings 20:30 The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- 1 Kings 22:25 Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 2 Kings 9:20 Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”