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Book 12 2 Kings Chapter 009

 

009:001And 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:

 

009:002And 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;

 

009:003Then 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.

 

009:004So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.

 

009:005And 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.

 

009:006And 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.

 

009:007And 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.

 

009:008For 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:

 

009:009And 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:

 

009:010And 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.

 

009:011Then 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.

 

009:012And 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.

 

009:013Then 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.

 

009:014So 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.

 

009:015But 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.

 

009:016So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay
there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

 

009:017And 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?

 

009:018So 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.

 

009:019Then 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.

 

009:020And 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.

 

009:021And 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.

 

009:022And 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?

 

009:023And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah,
There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

 

009:024And 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.

 

009:025Then 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;

 

009:026Surely 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.

 

009:027But 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.

 

009:028And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of
David.

 

009:029And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began
Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

 

009:030And 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.

 

009:031And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,
who slew his master?

 

009:032And 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.

 

009:033And 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.

 

009:034And 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.

 

009:035And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than
the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

 

009:036Wherefore 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:

 

009:037And 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.