Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9:1 And Elisha the prophet
called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto
him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine
hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
9:2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the
son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make
him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an
inner chamber;
9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and
say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over
Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went
to Ramothgilead.
9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were
sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain.
And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O
captain.
9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured
the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of
the LORD, even over Israel.
9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that
I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the
blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of
Jezebel.
9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will
cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up and left in Israel:
9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the
son of Ahijah:
9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of
Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened
the door, and fled.
9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and
one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad
fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and
his communication.
9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said,
Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I
have anointed thee king over Israel.
9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and
put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with
trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah
9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead,
he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of
the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought
with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your
minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to
go to tell it in Jezreel.
9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for
Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to
see Joram.
9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel,
and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see
a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to
meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said,
Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman
told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not
again.
9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to
them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu
answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind
me.
9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them,
and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of
Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made
ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah
went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against
Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he
said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so
long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many?
9:23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to
Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote
Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his
heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and
cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the
Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode
together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden
upon him;
9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and
the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite
thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and
cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of
the LORD.
9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled
by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him,
and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at
the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to
Megiddo, and died there.
9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to
Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers
in the city of David.
9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab
began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
Jezebel Killed
9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of
it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked
out at a window.
9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had
Zimri peace, who slew his master?
9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who
is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three
eunuchs.
9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down:
and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the
horses: and he trode her under foot.
9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and
said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she
is a king's daughter.
9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of
her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her
hands.
9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said,
This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall
dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the
face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they
shall not say, This is Jezebel.
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