Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 9:27
By the way of the garden-house; by some secret way, hoping to escape whilst they were busy about Joram. Smite him also, as you have done Joram; for he also is of the house of Ahab, 2 Kings 8:18. They did so; they smote or wounded him, but not mortally; either supposing that the wound was mortal; or being more remiss in executing Jehu’s sentence against him, because they were not so much concerned in his as in Joram’s design; or because they had some kindness for him, either for his own or for... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 9:26
The blood of his sons; who, as it seems, were killed with their father by Jezebel’s advice, to make the possession of the vineyard more sure to Ahab, though it be not mentioned in its proper place, 1 Kings 21:13; for it is not unusual to bring in such fragments of history in succeeding writings which were neglected in the history of those matters. Thus we read of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, Amos 1:1, which was not recorded in his history, in the Books of the Kings or Chronicles.... read more