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2 Kings 9 :1 9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, ^aGird up your loins, and take this flask of ^boil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

2 Kings 9 :2 9:2 And when you arrive there, look there for ^aJehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room.

2 Kings 9 :3 9:3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, Thus says Jehovah, I have ^aanointed you king over Israel. Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.

2 Kings 9 :4 9:4 So the young man, the prophet’s attendant, went to Ramoth-gilead.

2 Kings 9 :5 9:5 And when he came, there the captains of the army were sitting. And he said, I have a word for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which one of all of us? And he said, To you, O captain.

2 Kings 9 :6 9:6 And he rose up and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Jehovah, over Israel.

2 Kings 9 :7 9:7 And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the ^ablood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the hand of ^1bJezebel.

2 Kings 9 :8 9:8 And the whole house of ^aAhab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free, in Israel;

2 Kings 9 :9 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the ^ahouse of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of ^bBaasha the son of Ahijah;

2 Kings 9 :10 9:10 And the dogs shall ^aeat Jezebel in the lot of Jezreel, and there will be none to bury her. Then he opened the door and fled.

2 Kings 9 :11 9:11 And when Jehu came out to the servants of his master, someone said to him, Is all well? Why did this ^amad fellow come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and his ranting.

2 Kings 9 :12 9:12 And they said, That is a lie; please tell us. And he said, Thus and thus he said to me, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel.

2 Kings 9 :13 9:13 Then they moved quickly; and every man took his ^agarment and put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the ^btrumpet and said, Jehu is king!

2 Kings 9 :14 9:14 And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against ¹Joram. (Now Joram had been defending ^aRamoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of ^bHazael the king of Syria,

2 Kings 9 :15 9:15 But Jehoram the king returned to be healed in Jezreel of the ^awounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought Hazael the king of Syria). And Jehu said, If this is your desire, let no fugitive depart from the city and go and tell it in Jezreel.

2 Kings 9 :16 9:16 So Jehu rode off in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying ill there. And ^aAhaziah the king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

2 Kings 9 :17 9:17 And the watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s multitude as he came, and he said, I see a multitude. And Jehoram said, Take a horseman, and send him to meet them; and let him say, Is there peace?

2 Kings 9 :18 9:18 So the horseman went to meet him and said, Thus says the king, Is there peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger went to them but did not return.

2 Kings 9 :19 9:19 And he sent out a second horseman; and he came to them and said, Thus says the king, Is there peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me.

2 Kings 9 :20 9:20 And the watchman reported, saying, He went to them but did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, because he drives furiously.

2 Kings 9 :21 9:21 And Jehoram said, Yoke the chariot! And someone yoked his chariot. And ^aJehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu; and they found him in the lot of ^bNaboth the Jezreelite.

2 Kings 9 :22 9:22 And when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is there peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace can there be, so long as the harlotries and sorceries of Jezebel your mother are so many?

2 Kings 9 :23 9:23 And Jehoram turned the ¹reins and tried to flee. And he said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah!

2 Kings 9 :24 9:24 And Jehu drew his bow with full strength and struck Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

2 Kings 9 :25 9:25 And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, Take him up, and throw him in the lot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how you and I were riding together behind Ahab his father, and Jehovah uttered this oracle against him:

2 Kings 9 :26 9:26 Surely I have seen the ^ablood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares Jehovah; and I will repay you in this lot, declares Jehovah. And now, take him up and throw him in the lot, according to the word of Jehovah.

2 Kings 9 :27 9:27 And ^aAhaziah the king of Judah saw this and fled toward the garden house; and Jehu pursued after him and said, Strike him too in his chariot. So they struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kings 9 :28 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kings 9 :29 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, ^aAhaziah began to reign over Judah.

2 Kings 9 :30 9:30 And Jehu came to Jezreel; and Jezebel heard of it. And she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and she looked out the window.

2 Kings 9 :31 9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, Is all well, ^aZimri, you murderer of ¹your master?

2 Kings 9 :32 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, Who is on my side? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

2 Kings 9 :33 9:33 And he said, Throw her down. And they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her.

2 Kings 9 :34 9:34 And he came in, and ate and drank, and said, Attend now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.

2 Kings 9 :35 9:35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than her skull and her feet and the palms of her hands.

2 Kings 9 :36 9:36 And they returned and reported it to him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ¹In the lot of Jezreel the dogs will ^aeat the flesh of Jezebel;

2 Kings 9 :37 9:37 And the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung upon the surface of the field in the lot of Jezreel, so that they will not say, This is Jezebel.