Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him into the tract of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I were riding together behind Ahab his father, that the Lord laid this burden upon him:
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
- KJV Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
- BSB And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
- NASB And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, that the Lord brought this pronouncement against him:
- NLT Jehu said to Bidkar, his officer, “Throw him into the plot of land that belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Do you remember when you and I were riding along behind his father, Ahab? The Lord pronounced this message against him:
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Quick answer
Jehu had Joram's body thrown onto Naboth's field, recalling the LORD's burden spoken against Ahab. He tied the act directly to God's earlier word.
Overview
Jehu reminds his officer Bidkar of the prophecy they had heard against Ahab as they rode behind him. By casting Joram's body on Naboth's ground, Jehu consciously fulfills that word. The episode shows that God's prophetic oracles are remembered and accomplished, and that those who shed innocent blood face exact recompense.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Kgs 21:19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
- Isa 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
- 1 Kgs 21:24–29The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field.”
- Mal 1:1A revelation, Yahweh’s word to Israel by Malachi.
- Jer 23:33–38“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says Yahweh.’
- Nah 1:1A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
- Matt 11:30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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