Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
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Gill's Exposition
But King Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel,.... As is recorded, Kg2 8:29 and here repeated for the reason above given:
and Jehu said, if it be your minds; to engage one and all, and…
Barnes' Notes
Took every man his garment, and put it under him - The outer cloak of the Jews was a sort of large shawl or blanket, which might well serve for a carpet of state. Such a carpet is commonly represented…
Adam Clarke
Took every man his garment - This was a ceremony by which they acknowledged him as king; and it was by such a ceremony that the multitudes acknowledged Jesus Christ for the Messiah and King of Israel,…
Jehu, after some pause, returned to his place at the board, taking no notice of what had passed, but, as it should seem, designing, for the present, to keep it to himself, if they had not urged him to…
Cambridge Bible
Then they hasted The LXX. gives -they heard it and hastened". This action on the part of the generals shews how little they were attached to the house of Ahab.
took every man his garment The loose…
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