Where the Fathers quote 4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 9

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Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1071…ew words, which it expresses there, do not support it. And so, the Hebrew expression meshuggah there signifies a madman, or an insane person, as in 4 Kings 9:11: Quid venit insanus iste ad te? (Why came this mad fellow… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:563…s, and anointed him from the horn: after he had anointed him, he fled and withdrew. The other princes say to Jehu: "Why did that madman come to you?" (4 Kings 9:11); as if they had said, "Why did this demoniac come? Why did… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1641…s of those who hold power here? What then is there to say in response to this? Or rather, what the holy Scripture says: And the multitude led Jehu [4 Kings 9:13], though there it was to the kingdom of Israel, while here… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:217…this is not boldness, but insolence and insult and an unrestrained tongue. Separate Jezebel also from Jehu, saying: “The murderer of his master” (4 Kings 9:31); but that was insolence, not boldness. Elijah also used in…