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9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy 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;
9:2 And when thou comest there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and take 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.
9:3 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 Ramoth-gilead.
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, To which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain.
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, To which of us all? 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 to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, {even} over Israel.
9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to 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.
9:7 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 the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, both bound and free 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:
9:9 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.
9:10 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 to him, {Is} all well? Why came this mad {man} to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and {one} said to him, {Is} all well? Why came this mad {fellow} to thee? And he said to 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 he spoke to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
9:12 And they said, {It is} false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus he spoke 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.
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.
9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
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 had 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 is your minds, {then} let none go forth {nor} escape from the city to go to tell {it} in Jezreel.
9:15 But king Joram had 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 is your minds, {then} let none go forth {nor} escape from 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 had come down to see Joram.
9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had 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 a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, {Is it} peace?
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 doth not return.
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 doth not return.
9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who 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.
9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who 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 to them, and doth not return? and the driving {is} like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and doth not return: 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.
9:21 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 lewd acts of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts {are so} many?
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 harlotries 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.
9:23 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.
9:24 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 into 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;
9:25 Then said {Jehu} to Bidkar his captain, Take up, {and} cast him into 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 saw 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.
9:26 Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will repay thee in this plot, saith the LORD. Now therefore take {and} cast him into the plot {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 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.
9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw {this}, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. {And they did so} at the ascent of 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 sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.
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.
9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
9:30 And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard {of it}; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
9:30 And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard {of it}; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, {Had} Zimri peace, who slew his master?
9:31 And as Jehu entered 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.
9:32 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 trod her under foot.
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 trod her under foot.
9:34 And when he had come in, he ate, and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed {woman}, and bury her: for she {is} a king's daughter.
9:34 And when he had come in, he ate and drank, 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.
9:35 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 spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
9:36 Therefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This {is} the word of the LORD, which he spoke 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.
9:37 And the dead body of Jezebel shall be as refuse upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; {so} that they shall not say, This {is} Jezebel.
9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thy 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;
9:2 And when thou comest there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and take 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.
9:3 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 Ramoth-gilead.
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, To which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain.
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, To which of us all? 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 to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, {even} over Israel.
9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to 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.
9:7 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 the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, both bound and free 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:
9:9 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.
9:10 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 to him, {Is} all well? Why came this mad {man} to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and {one} said to him, {Is} all well? Why came this mad {fellow} to thee? And he said to 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 he spoke to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
9:12 And they said, {It is} false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus he spoke 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.
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.
9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
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 had 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 is your minds, {then} let none go forth {nor} escape from the city to go to tell {it} in Jezreel.
9:15 But king Joram had 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 is your minds, {then} let none go forth {nor} escape from 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 had come down to see Joram.
9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had 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 a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, {Is it} peace?
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 doth not return.
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 doth not return.
9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who 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.
9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who 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 to them, and doth not return? and the driving {is} like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and doth not return: 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.
9:21 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 lewd acts of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts {are so} many?
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 harlotries 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.
9:23 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.
9:24 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 into 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;
9:25 Then said {Jehu} to Bidkar his captain, Take up, {and} cast him into 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 saw 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.
9:26 Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will repay thee in this plot, saith the LORD. Now therefore take {and} cast him into the plot {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 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.
9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw {this}, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. {And they did so} at the ascent of 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 sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.
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.
9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
9:30 And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard {of it}; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
9:30 And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard {of it}; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, {Had} Zimri peace, who slew his master?
9:31 And as Jehu entered 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.
9:32 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 trod her under foot.
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 trod her under foot.
9:34 And when he had come in, he ate, and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed {woman}, and bury her: for she {is} a king's daughter.
9:34 And when he had come in, he ate and drank, 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.
9:35 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 spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
9:36 Therefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This {is} the word of the LORD, which he spoke 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.
9:37 And the dead body of Jezebel shall be as refuse upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; {so} that they shall not say, This {is} Jezebel.