2 Kings 9:8
so shall perish all the house of Ahab,—and I will cut off to Ahab the meanest, both him that is shut up and him that is left at large, in Israel.
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Deuteronomy 32:36For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion,—When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,
1 Kings 14:10therefore, behold me! bringing misfortune against the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off the meanest pertaining to Jeroboam, whether shut up or left at large, in Israel,—and will consume after the house of Jeroboam, as one consumeth dung, till it be all gone:
2 Kings 10:17And, when he came into Samaria, he smote all that were left remaining unto Ahab, in Samaria, until he had destroyed him,—according to the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken unto Elijah.
2 Kings 19:17Of a truth, O Yahweh,—the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction the nations and their lands;
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 9:2-11
Jehu Anointed King. ( b. c. 884.) 1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 2 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; 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord , I have anointed thee king over Israel.… Read the whole commentary →