Verse 1
Jehu the son of Hanani. Compare 2 Chronicles 16:7-10; 2 Chronicles 19:2.
Verse 2
prince: or captain = one raised up. Hebrew. nagid.
Verse 3
like. Compare 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 14:11.
Verse 6
slept, &c. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16.
Verse 9
drinking himself drunk. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis.
Verse 11
not one, &c. = not one male.
kinsfolks = kinsmen-redeemers.
Verse 12
against. Some codices read "unto". Others read "concerning".
Verse 13
vanities = idols. Compare 1 Kings 16:26.
Verse 19
sins. Some codices read "sin", as in 1 Kings 16:26. Committed not merely during the seven days" reign, but during his whole life, of course.
make Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.
Verse 20
are they not written. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Verse 22
Omri. Note the Introversion of these names in this verse.
Verse 23
thirty and first year. He reigned twelve years (833-821), and yet in 1 Kings 16:29 Ahab began in the thirty-eighth year of Asa. Omri began to reign de jure when he slew Zimri, in the twentyseventh year of Asa; but only de facto on the death of Tibni the usurper.
six years. Beginning in Asa"s thirty-first and ending in Asa"s thirty-eighth (1 Kings 16:29).
Verse 24
owner = lord.
Samaria. This is the origin of the city.
Verse 26
made Israel to sin. See note on 1 Kings 14:16.
Verse 27
which. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and all that".
Verse 29
twenty and two years. For spiritual significance, see note on 1 Kings 14:20, and App-10.
Verse 30
above all. The reign of Ahab opens a new era in Israel"s history.
Verse 31
Jezebel, daughter of a regicide and fratricide (Josephus c. Apion 1, 18, Antiquities viii. 3, 1), priest of the Phoenician goddess Astarte.
Verse 33
grove. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.
Verse 34
build = to fortify and complete. It had been partially restored (Judges 3:13. 2 Samuel 10:5), but now became a fortified city of Israel.
in = at the cost of.
which He spake. Compare Joshua 6:26.