12_2KI_09_01 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:
12_2KI_09_02 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;
12_2KI_09_03 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.
12_2KI_09_04 So the young man, [ even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
12_2KI_09_05 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.
12_2KI_09_06 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.
12_2KI_09_07 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.
12_2KI_09_08 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:
12_2KI_09_09 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:
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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?
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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?
12_2KI_09_23 And Joram turned his hands, And fled, And said to Ahaziah, [ there Is] treachery, O Ahaziah.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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;
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [ had] Zimri peace, who slew his master?
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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.
12_2KI_09_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:
12_2KI_09_37 And the carcase 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.