Bidkar
בִּדְקַר/BID-kar/
“Son of stabbing, or assassin”
Summary
Jehu's captain who cast the body of King Jehoram into Naboth's field, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy.
☩Jehu's Officer
Bidkar was originally a fellow officer with Jehu and later became his captain. After Jehu shot King Jehoram of Israel with an arrow, he commanded Bidkar to take up Jehoram's body and cast it into the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite, fulfilling the prophecy that Elijah had spoken against Ahab's house for the murder of Naboth.
Key verses:2 Kings 9:25-26
Related Verses1 mention
2 Kings· 1 verse
References
- 1.James Orr (ed.), "Bidkar," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Bidkar," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).