Clearly, Ahaziah’s body had not yet reached Jerusalem when they left. It was rough work, and was executed with relentless thoroughness. One can only guess whether he found the problems too big, or succumbed to the deeper temptations of the society that he had set out to purge. the Annointing of Jehu - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Hazael and Jehu had already been named to Elijah as the persons who were to execute the Divine judgment, the one as king of Syria, the other as king of Israel (1Ki 19:15-17).

The messenger was then to flee. Hot from the pursuit of Ahaziah, Jehu pressed on Jezreel. gave Jehoram the impression that he wanted to confer privately. (2Ki 10:18-28). With this accord the further notices of Israel in the inscriptions of Shalmaneser II, two in number. At this juncture, a young emissary arrived from the community of prophets in the Jordan valley, of which Elisha was head. and why it's so significant in the time in which we live.

Elijah was doubtless aware of this commission, which it was now his part, as respected Jehu, to fulfill. Winners’ Chapel LIVE Service – Watch Here, Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens 27 September 2020, Anglican Communion 27 September 2020 – Hold Unto God’s Love, TREM Devotional 27 September 2020 – Know Who You Are In God, Conducts Towards Elders – Open Heavens for Teens 27 September 2020, Andrew Wommack Devotional 27 September 2020 – God’s Mercy Is A Gift, Billy Graham Devotional 27 September 2020 — The Holy Spirit, Kenneth Copeland Devotional 27 September 2020 – Spiritual Armor for Spiritual War, Seeds of Destiny 27 September 2020 Devotional — Demands For Experiencing The Peace Of God, Rhapsody of Realities 27 September 2020 – Trust Like A Child, MFM Daily Devotional 27 September 2020 – When God Becomes Angry. Neither is it evident that the Phoenicians paid tribute for any reason but to secure their own safety. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith: Lord Jesus, come into my life. Vestments were distributed to distinguish the true worshippers of Baal from others. Jehu’s fellow officers, on hearing this, rallied immediately and proclaimed him king.

Dr. Bill Mounce blogs on spiritual formation and on Greek at BillMounce.com. This conduct awakened suspicion, and Jehoram and Ahaziah--who was still with his invalided kinsman--ordered their chariots, and proceeded in person to meet Jehu.

Jehu made haste to Jezreel and killed two of Ahab’s progeny—Joram, king of northern Israel; and Ahaziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 9:14–29). Antiq. Jehu was waiting by the royal garden that Ahab had obtained by the death of Naboth; he may already have been thinking of the scandal and of Elijah’s condemnation of it, which he had witnessed when he was a young officer (v. 25). Assyrian activity faded out as their attention was engaged first by Urartu, then by civil war. --Bill Mounce, JEHU (jē'hū, Heb. MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE: (compare 1Ki 16:9-12). Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, received special anointing as the king of Israel through Prophet Elisha at Ramoth-Gilead in an inner chamber (secretly), which later manifested physically in the open as a champion.

The time was now ripe for the execution of the predicted vengeance on the house of Ahab, and to Elisha the prophet, the successor of Elijah, it fell to take the decisive step which precipitated the crisis. There is a difficulty in supposing Ahab to have been still reigning as late as 854, and Wellhausen, Kamphausen and others have suggested that Ahab’s name has been confused with that of his successor Jehoram in the Assyrian annals. Father, I thank You for Your power to rule and to dominate, in the name of Jesus. These, at Jehu’s bidding, threw Jezebel down into the courtyard, where, lying in her blood, she was trodden under foot by the chariot horses. His energy, determination, promptitude, and zeal fitted him for the work he had to do. Camas, WA 98607 As directed by Elisha, he requested a private interview with Jehu, and commissioned him in the name of the Lord to avenge the murder of Yahwist prophets on the Omride dynasty and to take over the kingdom.

These were ordered to fall into the rear. Many in the Bible could not fulfil their destiny in spite of being anointed. He was a prophet (1 Kings 16:12, 2 Chron 19:2) and possibly son of a prophet (see Hanani).