2 Kings 9:11
When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Is all well
- 2 Kings 9:17, 19, 22; 2 Kings 4:26; 2 Kings 5:21
- this mad fellow
- It is probable there was something peculiar in the young prophet's manner and address, similar to the vehement actions sometimes used by the prophets when under the Divine influence, which caused the bystanders to use this contemptuous language.
- Isaiah 59:15; Jeremiah 29:26; Hosea 9:7; Mark 3:21; John 10:20; Acts 17:18; Acts 26:24; 1 Corinthians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 5:13