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Anointing of Jehu

9Then the prophet Elisha called a member of the company of prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins; take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.H477H5030H7121H259H1121H5030H559H2296H4975H3947H6378H8081H3027H3212H7433H1568 2When you arrive, look there for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi; go in and get him to leave his companions, and take him into an inner chamber.H935H7200H3058H1121H3092H1121H5250H935H6965H8432H251H935H2315H2315 3Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and say, 'Thus says the LORD: I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger."H3947H6378H8081H3332H7218H559H559H3068H4886H4428H3478H6605H1817H5127H2442 4So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.H5288H5288H5030H3212H7433H1568 5He arrived while the commanders of the army were in council, and he announced, "I have a message for you, commander." "For which one of us?" asked Jehu. "For you, commander."H935H8269H2428H3427H559H1697H8269H3058H559H559H8269 6So Jehu got up and went inside; the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel: I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.H6965H935H1004H3332H8081H7218H559H559H3068H430H3478H4886H4428H5971H3068H3478 7You shall strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD.H5221H1004H256H113H5358H1818H5650H5030H1818H5650H3068H3027H348 8For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.H1004H256H6H3772H256H8366H7023H6113H5800H3478 9I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.H5414H1004H256H1004H3379H1121H5028H1004H1201H1121H281 10The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one shall bury her." Then he opened the door and fled.H3611H398H348H2506H3157H6912H6605H1817H5127 11When Jehu came back to his master's officers, they said to him, "Is everything all right? Why did that madman come to you?" He answered them, "You know the sort and how they babble."H3058H3318H5650H113H559H7965H935H7696H559H3045H376H7879 12They said, "Liar! Come on, tell us!" So he said, "This is just what he said to me: 'Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'"H559H8267H5046H559H559H559H559H3068H4886H4428H3478 13Then hurriedly they all took their cloaks and spread them for him on the bare steps; and they blew the trumpet, and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."H4116H3947H376H899H7760H1634H4609H8628H7782H559H3058H4427

Joram of Israel Killed

14Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against King Hazael of Aram;H3058H1121H3092H1121H5250H7194H3141H3141H8104H7433H1568H3478H6440H2371H4428H758 15but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him, when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. So Jehu said, "If this is your wish, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel."H4428H3088H7725H7495H3157H4347H761H5221H3898H2371H4428H758H3058H559H3426H5315H408H3318H6412H5892H3212H5046H3157 16Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, where Joram was lying ill. King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.H3058H7392H3212H3157H3141H7901H274H4428H3063H3381H7200H3141 17In Jezreel, the sentinel standing on the tower spied the company of Jehu arriving, and said, "I see a company." Joram said, "Take a horseman; send him to meet them, and let him say, 'Is it peace?'"H5975H6822H4026H3157H7200H8229H3058H935H559H7200H8229H3088H559H3947H7395H7971H7125H559H7965 18So the horseman went to meet him; he said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" Jehu responded, "What have you to do with peace? Fall in behind me." The sentinel reported, saying, "The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back."H3212H7392H5483H7125H559H559H4428H7965H3058H559H7965H5437H310H6822H5046H559H4397H935H7725 19Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Fall in behind me."H7971H8145H7392H5483H935H559H559H4428H7965H3058H559H7965H5437H310 20Again the sentinel reported, "He reached them, but he is not coming back. It looks like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi; for he drives like a maniac."H6822H5046H559H935H7725H4491H4491H3058H1121H5250H5090H7697 21Joram said, "Get ready." And they got his chariot ready. Then King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah set out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu; they met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.H3088H559H631H7393H631H3088H4428H3478H274H4428H3063H3318H376H7393H3318H7125H3058H4672H2513H5022H3158 22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" He answered, "What peace can there be, so long as the many whoredoms and sorceries of your mother Jezebel continue?"H3088H7200H3058H559H7965H3058H559H7965H5704H2183H517H348H3785H7227 23Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, "Treason, Ahaziah!"H3088H2015H3027H5127H559H274H4820H274 24Jehu drew his bow with all his strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he sank in his chariot.H3058H7198H4390H3027H5221H3088H2220H2678H3318H3820H3766H7393 25Jehu said to his aide Bidkar, "Lift him out, and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I rode side by side behind his father Ahab how the LORD uttered this oracle against him:H559H920H7991H5375H7993H2513H7704H5022H3158H2142H7392H6776H310H256H1H3068H5375H4853 26'For the blood of Naboth and for the blood of his children that I saw yesterday, says the LORD, I swear I will repay you on this very plot of ground.' Now therefore lift him out and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the LORD."H7200H570H1818H5022H1818H1121H5002H3068H7999H2513H5002H3068H5375H7993H2513H1697H3068

Ahaziah of Judah Killed

27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, saying, "Shoot him also!" And they shot him in the chariot at the ascent to Gur, which is by Ibleam. Then he fled to Megiddo, and died there.H274H4428H3063H7200H5127H1870H1588H1004H3058H7291H310H559H5221H4818H4608H1483H2991H5127H4023H4191 28His officers carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.H5650H7392H3389H6912H6900H1H5892H1732 29In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.H259H6240H8141H8141H3141H1121H256H274H4427H3063

Jezebel’s Violent Death

30When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out of the window.H3058H935H3157H348H8085H7760H6320H5869H3190H7218H8259H2474 31As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?"H3058H935H8179H559H2174H7965H2026H113 32He looked up to the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.H5375H6440H2474H559H8259H8147H7969H5631 33He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down; some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, which trampled on her.H559H8058H8058H1818H5137H7023H5483H7429 34Then he went in and ate and drank; he said, "See to that cursed woman and bury her; for she is a king's daughter."H935H398H8354H559H6485H779H6912H4428H1323 35But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.H3212H6912H4672H518H1538H7272H3709H3027 36When they came back and told him, he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, 'In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;H7725H5046H559H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H452H8664H559H2506H3157H3611H398H1320H348 37the corpse of Jezebel shall be like dung on the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'"H5038H348H1828H6440H7704H2506H3157H559H348


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