II Kings 9

1Now the prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets, and he said to him: “Gird your waist, and take this little bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Kings 4:29, 2 Kings 4:29, 1 Samuel 16:1

2And when you arrive in that place, you will see Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And upon entering, you shall raise him up from the midst of his brothers, and you shall lead him into an inner room.

2 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 19:16, 1 Kings 19:17, 2 Kings 9:5, 2 Kings 9:11

3And taking the little bottle of oil, you shall pour it upon his head, and you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ And you shall open the door and flee. And you shall not remain in that place.”

1 Kings 19:16, 1 Kings 19:16, 1 Samuel 16:2, 2 Kings 8:13, Exodus 29:7

4Therefore, the young man, a servant of the prophet, went away to Ramoth Gilead.

5And he entered that place, and behold, the leaders of the army were sitting there, and he said, “I have a word for you, O prince.” And Jehu said, “For which one among us all?” And he said, “For you, O prince.”

Judges 3:19, Judges 3:19

6And he rose up and entered into the room. And he poured the oil on his head, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you as king over Israel, the people of the Lord.

2 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 19:16, 2 Chronicles 22:7, 2 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 19:16

7And you shall strike down the house of Ahab, your lord. And I will avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, from the hand of Jezebel.

1 Kings 18:4, Deuteronomy 32:43, 1 Kings 21:15, 1 Kings 18:4, Deuteronomy 32:43

8And I will destroy the entire house of Ahab. And I will cause to pass away from Ahab, whatever urinates against a wall, and whatever is lame, and whatever is least in Israel.

1 Samuel 25:22, Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Samuel 25:22, Deuteronomy 32:36, 2 Kings 14:26

9And 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.

1 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 15:29, 1 Kings 21:22, 1 Kings 21:22, 1 Kings 14:10

10Also, the dogs will consume Jezebel, in the field of Jezreel. Neither will there be anyone who may bury her.’ ” And then he opened the door, and he fled.

2 Kings 9:35, 2 Kings 9:36, 1 Kings 21:23, 2 Kings 9:35, 2 Kings 9:36

11Then Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And they said to him: “Is everything well? Why has this insane man come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man, and what he said.”

Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 29:26, John 10:20, Hosea 9:7, Acts 26:24

12But they responded, “That is false; instead, you should tell us.” And he said to them, “He said to me these certain things, and he said, ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ ”

13And so they hurried away. And each one, taking his cloak, placed it under his feet, in the manner of a seat for judgment. And they sounded the trumpet, and they said: “Jehu reigns!”

1 Kings 1:34, 1 Kings 1:39, Mark 11:7, Mark 11:8, 1 Kings 1:34

14Then Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged Ramoth Gilead, he and all of Israel, against Hazael, the king of Syria.

2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 22:3, 1 Kings 22:3, 2 Kings 8:12

15And he had returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel, because of his wounds. For the Syrians had struck him, while he was fighting against Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu said, “If it pleases you, let no one depart, fleeing from the city; otherwise he may go and give a report in Jezreel.”

2 Kings 8:29, 2 Kings 8:29, 1 Samuel 27:9, 1 Samuel 27:11, 2 Chronicles 22:6

16And he climbed up and set out for Jezreel, because Joram was sick there, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had gone down to visit Joram.

2 Chronicles 22:6, 2 Chronicles 22:7, 2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 22:6

17And so the watchman, who was standing upon the tower of Jezreel, saw the crowd of Jehu arriving, and he said, “I see a crowd.” And Joram said: “Take a chariot, and send to meet them. And those who go should say, ‘Is everything well?’ ”

1 Samuel 16:4, 1 Samuel 16:4, 2 Kings 7:14, 1 Samuel 17:22, 2 Samuel 13:34

18Therefore, he who had climbed into the chariot went away to meet him, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is everything peaceful?’ ” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.” Also the watchman gave a report, saying, “The messenger went to them, but he did not return.”

2 Kings 9:19, 2 Kings 9:22, 2 Kings 9:19, 2 Kings 9:22, Jeremiah 16:5

19And then he sent a second chariot of horses. And he went to them, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is there peace?’ ” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.”

20Then the watchman gave a report, saying: “He went all the way to them, but he did not return. But their advance is like the advance of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. For he advances precipitously.”

2 Samuel 18:27, 2 Samuel 18:27, Ecclesiastes 9:10, 2 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 19:17

21And Joram said, “Yoke the chariot.” And they yoked his chariot. And Joram, the king of Israel, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, departed, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu. And they met him in the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite.

2 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:7, 2 Chronicles 22:7, 1 Kings 21:1

22And when Joram had seen Jehu, he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he responded: “What is peace? For still the fornications of your mother, Jezebel, and her many poisons, are thriving.”

2 Chronicles 21:13, Nahum 3:4, 2 Chronicles 21:13, Nahum 3:4, 1 Kings 16:30

23Then Joram turned his hand, and, fleeing, he said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Chronicles 23:13

24But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and he struck Joram between the shoulders. And the arrow went through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot.

1 Kings 22:34, 1 Kings 22:34, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:13, Psalms 50:22

25And Jehu said to Bidkar, his commander: “Take and cast him into the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite. For I remember, when you and I, sitting in a chariot, were following Ahab, this man’s father, that the Lord lifted this burden upon him, saying:

1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:24, 1 Kings 21:29, Isaiah 13:1

26‘Certainly, I will repay you in this field, says the Lord, for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of his sons, which I saw yesterday, says the Lord.’ Therefore, take him now, and cast him into the field, in accord with the word of the Lord.”

Ezekiel 18:19, 1 Kings 21:19, Deuteronomy 5:9, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 24:16

27But Ahaziah, the king of Judah, seeing this, fled along the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and he said, “Strike this one also in his chariot.” And they struck him on the ascent to Gur, which is beside Ibleam. But he fled into Megiddo, and he died there.

Judges 1:27, Judges 1:27, Joshua 17:11, Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19

28And his servants placed him upon his chariot, and they took him to Jerusalem. And they buried him in the sepulcher with his fathers, in the city of David.

2 Kings 23:30, 2 Chronicles 35:24, 2 Kings 23:30, 2 Chronicles 35:24, 2 Kings 23:20

29In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 22:1

30And Jehu went into Jezreel. But Jezebel, hearing of his arrival, painted her eyes with cosmetics, and adorned her head. And she watched through a window,

Jeremiah 4:30, Jeremiah 4:30, Ezekiel 23:40, Ezekiel 23:40, Ezekiel 24:17

31as Jehu was entering through the gate. And she said, “Is it possible for there to be peace for Zimri, who killed his lord?”

1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:20, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:20

32And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and he said, “Who is this woman?” And two or three eunuchs bowed down before him.

Psalms 118:6, Esther 2:15, Exodus 32:26, 1 Chronicles 12:18, Psalms 124:1

33And he said to them, “Throw her down with force.” And they threw her forcefully, and the wall was splattered with her blood, and the hoofs of the horses trampled her.

Micah 7:10, Micah 7:10, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 7:20, 1 Kings 21:11

34And when he had entered, so that he might eat and drink, he said: “Go, and see to that cursed woman, and bury her. For she is the daughter of a king.”

1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 21:25, Matthew 25:41

35But when they had gone, so that they might bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the ends of her hands.

Jeremiah 22:19, Isaiah 14:18, Isaiah 14:20, Acts 12:23, Job 31:3

36And returning, they reported to him. And Jehu said: “It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying: ‘In the field of Jezreel, the dogs will consume the flesh of Jezebel.

1 Kings 21:23, 1 Kings 21:23, Leviticus 8:36, Leviticus 8:36, 2 Samuel 12:25

37And the flesh of Jezebel will be like dung upon the face of the earth, in the field of Jezreel, so that those who pass by may say: Is this that same Jezebel?’ ”

Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 16:4, Psalms 83:10, Jeremiah 16:4

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