2 Kings 9:6 - Exposition

And he (Jehu) arose, and went into the house. Jehu left his seat, rose up, and led the way, from the court, where he had probably been sitting with the other generals, into the house which adjoined the court. The messenger followed; and the two were together, alone. And he —i.e. the messenger— poured the oil on his head —as directed ( 2 Kings 9:3 )— and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; literally, Thus saith Jehovah , God of Israel . Jehovah's name is emphatically put forward, in contrast with the name of Baal, as that of the true God of Israel; and appeal is made to Jehu, as to one whose God is Jehovah, and who will accept as authoritative a message emanating from him. I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel; literally, over the people of Jehovah , over Israel . Practically, the people is, in the main, "the people of Baal" ( 2 Kings 10:19-21 ), but theoretically and by covenant it is "the people of Jehovah"—his "peculiar people" ( Deuteronomy 14:2 ), chosen by him out of all the nations of the earth to be his own.