In Second Kings, chapter nine, verse twenty-five, Ahab and Jezebel, the parents of King Joram, as described in chapter three, verse one, had ruthlessly defrauded Naboth to steal his field. The episode happens in First Kings twenty-one, verses one through twenty-four. The dead body of their son was now in that very field. The parents’ sin may bear fruit in their children years after the parent’s death.
In verse twenty-five, Jehu commands Bidkar to cast the slain man Joram into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. Bidkar, who was Jehu’s captain, may be one of those in his chariot with him. Jehu had long experience of the doings of Ahab’s family and had not forgotten the prophetic words of Elijah. ‘Little did he think when he heard that message that his hands would act it.’ By ‘riding together after Ahab,’ understand that they were not together in the same chariot or both in Ahab’s chariot but that they were together among the king’s followers when he went down to take possession of Naboth’s vineyard.
Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is in view of the choice of those employed in His work. But it is not for any man’s reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his spirit is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth.
The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by the Divine Providence to make punishment answer to sin, as face answers to face in a glass. The way of sin can never be the way of peace, as in Isaiah fifty-seven, verse twenty-one. What harmony can sinners have with God? No, peace, so long as sin persists in it. However, when it is repented of and forsaken, there is peace.
Joram died as a criminal under the sentence of the law. Ahaziah did join with the house of Ahab. He was one of them; he had made himself so by sin. It is dangerous to join evil-doers. All involved shall be entangled in guilt and misery by it.