The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-05
GROSSLY MISCONSTRUED.

Leader a report of the very Sc
rious accident to Mr.. Paul Web
Der on the morning of the 25th
ult. it was captioned, "A Jehu
Badly Hurt, and in the body of
the report it was stated, among
other things, that Mr.. Webber
has been noted for some time as a
regular Jehu when riding horse
back or driving.
We have been credibly assured
since that publication was made
that several Of Mr.. Webber's
friends made the surprisingly
grotesque blunder Of confounding
the proper name JEHU with the
wholly different word, YAHOO,
and gave to our article an inter-
probation never for a moment in
tended or even conceived by the
writer, and have been lnduIging
in q deal of sharp criticism accord
ing to their erroneous interpreta-
tion.
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None of US read the Bible as
much as we should, but all those
who have an intelligent knowledge
of the historic characters of that sa-
cred record, know that our refer
ence was to a noted Israelitish king
named Jehu whose history is re-
corded in two Of the books of the
old Testament Scriptures. For
the further enlightenment of our
hasty critics we will state that
Jehu was King of Israel who
was specially anointed and COM
missioned by the direction of God
to destroy the house of Ahab, to-
gether with his wicked and cruel
wife Jezebel, and other worship
ers of Baal, who had prosecuted
Gods prophets. The name, ac-
cording to the Bagster Bible and
other authorities signifies, Jehovah
is He.
In | Kings, l9:16-17, God gave
the following directions to his
great prophet Elijah, who was
afterwar9 carried to heaven in a
chariot of fire:
And. Jehu the son of Nimshl
shalt thou anoint TO be King over
Israel; and Elisha the son of |
Shaphat, of Abel Meholah, shalt
thou anoint to be prophet in thy
room.
And it shall come to pass,
that him that escapeth the sword
of Hazael shalt Jehu sIay; and
him that escapeth from the sword
of Jehu shall Elisha slay."
OF Ahab it is said in the 21st |
chapter of l. Kings, 25th verse,
"thSre was none like unto Ahab,
which did sell himself to work
wickedness in the sight of the
Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stir
In the same chapter the Lord
declared through his prophet that
Ahab should be slain and that the
dogs should lick his blood, and
that the dogs should eat the body |
of Jezebel by the wall of JezreeI.
Subsequent to this prophecy, |
Jehu was anolnted by be King |
over Israel by a young prophet
sent to him by Elisha at Ramoth-
GiIead. (II. Kings, 9:1-6).
In the Second Book of Chroni-
cles, 22nd chapter, 7th, Sth and
9th verses, we Fave this reference
to Jehu, while he was executing
Gods Judgment against the house
of Ahab after Ahab had been
slain by soldier of Hazael, the |
Sryian King:
"And the destruction of |
Ahaziah was of God by coming to |
Joram; for when he was come, he
went out with Jehoram against |
Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom
the Lord had anointed to cut off |
the house of Ahab.
And it came to pass, that,
when Jehu was executing indg- |
ment upon the house of Ahab,
and found the princes of Judah
and the sons of the brethren of
Ahaizat, that ministered to Aha
ziah, he slew them.
And he sought Ahaziah; and
they caught him (for lie was hid
10 Samaria), and brought him to
Jehu; and when they had slain
him they buried him. 2
What occurred just previous to
this is recorded in III. Kings, I
9:16 90, as follows:
So Jehu rode in chariot and
went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
there. And Ahaziah, King Of
judah, was come down to see
Joram.
And there stood watchman
on the tower in JezreeI, and be
spied the company of Jehu as he
came, and said, | see a company.
And Joram said, Take an horse
man and send to meet them, and
let him say, Is it peace?
So there went one on horse
back to meet him, and said, Thus