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2Kings 9
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Jehu Is Anointed King of Israel

9Meanwhile the prophet Elisha called one of the young prophets and said to him, "Get ready and go to Ramoth in Gilead. Take this jar of olive oil with you,H477H5030H7121H259H1121H5030H559H2296H4975H3947H6378H8081H3027H3212H7433H1568
2and when you get there look for Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Take him to a private room away from his companions,H935H7200H3058H1121H3092H1121H5250H935H6965H8432H251H935H2315H2315
3pour this olive oil on his head, and say, 'The LORD proclaims that he anoints you king of Israel.' Then leave there as fast as you can."H3947H6378H8081H3332H7218H559H559H3068H4886H4428H3478H6605H1817H5127H2442
4So the young prophet went to Ramoth,H5288H5288H5030H3212H7433H1568
5where he found the army officers in a conference. He said, "Sir, I have a message for you." Jehu asked, "Which one of us are you speaking to?" "To you, sir," he replied.H935H8269H2428H3427H559H1697H8269H3058H559H559H8269
6Then the two of them went indoors, and the young prophet poured the olive oil on Jehu's head and said to him, "The LORD, the God of Israel, proclaims: 'I anoint you king of my people Israel.H6965H935H1004H3332H8081H7218H559H559H3068H430H3478H4886H4428H5971H3068H3478
7You are to kill your master the king, that son of Ahab, so that I may punish Jezebel for murdering my prophets and my other servants.H5221H1004H256H113H5358H1818H5650H5030H1818H5650H3068H3027H348
8All of Ahab's family and descendants are to die; I will get rid of every male in his family, young and old alike.H1004H256H6H3772H256H8366H7023H6113H5800H3478
9I will treat his family as I did the families of King Jeroboam of Israel and of King Baasha of Israel.H5414H1004H256H1004H3379H1121H5028H1004H1201H1121H281
10Jezebel will not be buried; her body will be eaten by dogs in the territory of Jezreel.' " After saying this, the young prophet left the room and fled.H3611H398H348H2506H3157H6912H6605H1817H5127
11Jehu went back to his fellow officers, who asked him, "Is everything all right? What did that crazy fellow want with you?" "You know what he wanted," Jehu answered.H3058H3318H5650H113H559H7965H935H7696H559H3045H376H7879
12"No we don't!" they replied. "Tell us what he said!" "He told me that the LORD proclaims: 'I anoint you king of Israel.' "H559H8267H5046H559H559H559H559H3068H4886H4428H3478
13At once Jehu's fellow officers spread their cloaks at the top of the steps for Jehu to stand on, blew trumpets, and shouted, "Jehu is king!"H4116H3947H376H899H7760H1634H4609H8628H7782H559H3058H4427

King Joram of Israel Is Killed

14Then Jehu plotted against King Joram, who was in Jezreel, where he had gone to recover from the wounds which he had received in the battle at Ramoth against King Hazael of Syria.H3058H1121H3092H1121H5250H7194H3141H3141H8104H7433H1568H3478H6440H2371H4428H758
15So Jehu said to his fellow officers, "If you are with me, make sure that no one slips out of Ramoth to go and warn the people in Jezreel."H4428H3088H7725H7495H3157H4347H761H5221H3898H2371H4428H758H3058H559H3426H5315H408H3318H6412H5892H3212H5046H3157
16Then he got into his chariot and set off for Jezreel. Joram had still not recovered, and King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting him.H3058H7392H3212H3157H3141H7901H274H4428H3063H3381H7200H3141
17A guard on duty in the watchtower at Jezreel saw Jehu and his men approaching. "I see some men riding up!" he called out. Joram replied, "Send a rider to find out if they are friends or enemies."H5975H6822H4026H3157H7200H8229H3058H935H559H7200H8229H3088H559H3947H7395H7971H7125H559H7965
18The messenger rode out to Jehu and said to him, "The king wants to know if you come as a friend." "That's none of your business!" Jehu answered. "Fall in behind me." The guard on the watchtower reported that the messenger had reached the group but was not returning.H3212H7392H5483H7125H559H559H4428H7965H3058H559H7965H5437H310H6822H5046H559H4397H935H7725
19Another messenger was sent out, who asked Jehu the same question. Again Jehu answered, "That's none of your business! Fall in behind me."H7971H8145H7392H5483H935H559H559H4428H7965H3058H559H7965H5437H310
20Once more the guard reported that the messenger had reached the group but was not returning. And he added, "The leader of the group is driving his chariot like a madman, just like Jehu!"H6822H5046H559H935H7725H4491H4491H3058H1121H5250H5090H7697
21"Get my chariot ready," King Joram ordered. It was done, and he and King Ahaziah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the field which had belonged to Naboth.H3088H559H631H7393H631H3088H4428H3478H274H4428H3063H3318H376H7393H3318H7125H3058H4672H2513H5022H3158
22"Are you coming in peace?" Joram asked him. "How can there be peace," Jehu answered, "when we still have all the witchcraft and idolatry that your mother Jezebel started?"H3088H7200H3058H559H7965H3058H559H7965H5704H2183H517H348H3785H7227
23"It's treason, Ahaziah!" Joram cried out, as he turned his chariot around and fled.H3088H2015H3027H5127H559H274H4820H274
24Jehu drew his bow, and with all his strength shot an arrow that struck Joram in the back and pierced his heart. Joram fell dead in his chariot,H3058H7198H4390H3027H5221H3088H2220H2678H3318H3820H3766H7393
25and Jehu said to his aide Bidkar, "Get his body and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth. Remember that when you and I were riding together behind King Joram's father Ahab, the LORD spoke these words against Ahab:H559H920H7991H5375H7993H2513H7704H5022H3158H2142H7392H6776H310H256H1H3068H5375H4853
26'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."H7200H570H1818H5022H1818H1121H5002H3068H7999H2513H5002H3068H5375H7993H2513H1697H3068

King Ahaziah of Judah Is Killed

27King Ahaziah saw what happened, so he fled in his chariot toward the town of Beth Haggan, pursued by Jehu. "Kill him too!" Jehu ordered his men, and they wounded him as he drove his chariot on the road up to Gur, near the town of Ibleam. But he managed to keep on going until he reached the city of Megiddo, where he died.H274H4428H3063H7200H5127H1870H1588H1004H3058H7291H310H559H5221H4818H4608H1483H2991H5127H4023H4191
28His officials took his body back to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in the royal tombs in David's City.H5650H7392H3389H6912H6900H1H5892H1732
29Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year that Joram son of Ahab was king of Israel.H259H6240H8141H8141H3141H1121H256H274H4427H3063

Queen Jezebel Is Killed

30Jehu arrived in Jezreel. Jezebel, having heard what had happened, put on eye shadow, arranged her hair, and stood looking down at the street from a window in the palace.H3058H935H3157H348H8085H7760H6320H5869H3190H7218H8259H2474
31As Jehu came through the gate, she called out, "You Zimri! You assassin! Why are you here?"H3058H935H8179H559H2174H7965H2026H113
32Jehu looked up and shouted, "Who is on my side?" Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window,H5375H6440H2474H559H8259H8147H7969H5631
33and Jehu said to them, "Throw her down!" They threw her down, and her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses. Jehu drove his horses and chariot over her body,H559H8058H8058H1818H5137H7023H5483H7429
34entered the palace, and had a meal. Only then did he say, "Take that cursed woman and bury her; after all, she is a king's daughter."H935H398H8354H559H6485H779H6912H4428H1323
35But the men who went out to bury her found nothing except her skull and the bones of her hands and feet.H3212H6912H4672H518H1538H7272H3709H3027
36When they reported this to Jehu, he said, "This is what the LORD said would happen, when he spoke through his servant Elijah: 'Dogs will eat Jezebel's body in the territory of Jezreel.H7725H5046H559H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H452H8664H559H2506H3157H3611H398H1320H348
37Her remains will be scattered there like dung, so that no one will be able to identify them.' "H5038H348H1828H6440H7704H2506H3157H559H348


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