Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 9:11

"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." — 2 Kings 9:11 (ASV)

The servants of his lord. —Jehoram’s captains.

And one said. —Many manuscripts and all the versions, except the Targum, have “and they said.”

Is all well? —They dreaded some sinister news.

This mad fellow. —They were struck by his wild demeanor and furious haste. Or, perhaps, “this inspired one,” in a tone of ridicule. .

Ye know the man. —There is emphasis on the ye. Jehu apparently implies that the man was sent to him by his fellow-generals—that they had planned the whole thing. His purpose is to find out their disposition. Or, more probably, his reply may simply mean: “Why ask me, when you yourselves must have divined the right answer to your question?”

His communication. —Or, his meditation (Compare to 1 Kings 18:27)—i.e., the thing he had in his mind, his purpose in coming.

Cornelius à Lapide comments: “You know that he is mad, and accordingly what he says is mad, and therefore neither to be credited nor repeated.”

The Septuagint has, “Ye know the man and his babble;” the Targum, “and his story;” the Syriac, “and his folly;” the Vulgate, “and what he said;” the Arabic, “and his news.”