2 Kings 9:22

“And it came to pass, when Joram saw, Jehu, that he said, is it peace, Jehu? etc.] Have things gone well at Ramothgilead? art thou come in triumph from thence? or obliged to fly from the Syrians? or art thou come in a peaceable, or in an hostile manner to me? and he answered, what peace; canst thou expect at home or abroad, from me or others: so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? which may be understood both literally of corporeal whoredom, and diabolical arts she was addicted to, and figuratively of idolatry, often called whoredom in Scripture, and of the wicked arts and methods she made use of to inveigle and entice persons into it; and both these…”

“Joram had asked the usual question, “Is it peace?” - meaning simply, “Is all well?” In Jehu’s reply, by “whoredoms” we are probably to understand “idolatries,” acts of spiritual unfaithfulness; by “witchcrafts,” dealings with the Baal prophets and oracles. Compare 2 Kings 1:2 note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Whoredoms, &c. - This may be understood, either literally; spiritual whoredom, which is idolatry, being often punished with corporal: and witchcraft was often practised by idolaters: or spiritually, of her idolatry, which is often called whoredom, because it is a departing from God, to whom we are tied by many obligations; and witchcraft, because it doth so powerfully bewitch men's minds; and because it is a manifest entering into covenant with the devil. He mentions not Joram's, but his mother's sins; because they were more notorious and infamous: and because they were the principal cause why God inflicted, and he was come to execute these judgments. The way of sin can never be the way of…”

“9:22-24 The charges against Joram echoed those against his father Ahab and his mother Jezebel (1 Kgs 16:30-33; 21:25-26).”

“Is it peace: Kg2 9:17 What peace: Kg2 9:18; Isa 57:19-21 the whoredoms: Kg1 16:30-33, Kg1 18:4, Kg1 19:1, Kg1 19:2, Kg1 21:8-10, Kg1 21:25; Nah 3:4; Rev 2:20-23, Rev 17:4, Rev 17:5; Rev 18:3, Rev 18:23 4 Kings (2 Kings) 9:23”