9:1 Then
Elisha
the
prophet
called
one
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
and
said
to
him,
"Tie
up
your
garments,
and
take
this
flask
of
oil
in
your
hand,
and
go
to
Ramoth-gilead.
9:2 And
when
you
arrive,
look
there
for
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat,
son
of
Nimshi.
And
go
in
and
have
him
rise
from
among
his
fellows,
and
lead
him
to
an
inner
chamber.
9:3 Then
take
the
flask
of
oil
and
pour
it
on
his
head
and
say,
'Thus
says
the
LORD,
I
anoint
you
king
over
Israel.'
Then
open
the
door
and
flee;
do
not
linger."
9:4 So
the
young
man,
the
servant
of
the
prophet,
went
to
Ramoth-gilead.
9:5 And
when
he
came,
behold,
the
commanders
of
the
army
were
in
council.
And
he
said,
"I
have
a
word
for
you,
O
commander."
And
Jehu
said,
"To
which
of
us
all"
And
he
said,
"To
you,
O
commander."
9:6 So
he
arose
and
went
into
the
house.
And
the
young
man
poured
the
oil
on
his
head,
saying
to
him,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
anoint
you
king
over
the
people
of
the
LORD,
over
Israel.
9:7 And
you
shall
strike
down
the
house
of
Ahab
your
master,
so
that
I
may
avenge
on
Jezebel
the
blood
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
and
the
blood
of
all
the
servants
of
the
LORD.
9:8 For
the
whole
house
of
Ahab
shall
perish,
and
I
will
cut
off
from
Ahab
every
male,
bond
or
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.
9:10 And
the
dogs
shall
eat
Jezebel
in
the
territory
of
Jezreel,
and
none
shall
bury
her."
Then
he
opened
the
door
and
fled.
9:11 When
Jehu
came
out
to
the
servants
of
his
master,
they
said
to
him,
"Is
all
well
Why
did
this
mad
fellow
come
to
you"
And
he
said
to
them,
"You
know
the
fellow
and
his
talk."
9:12 And
they
said,
"That
is
not
true;
tell
us
now."
And
he
said,
"Thus
and
so
he
spoke
to
me,
saying,
'Thus
says
the
LORD,
I
anoint
you
king
over
Israel.'"
9:13 Then
in
haste
every
man
of
them
took
his
garment
and
put
it
under
him
on
the
bare
steps,
and
they
blew
the
trumpet
and
proclaimed,
"Jehu
is
king."
9:14 Thus
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Nimshi
conspired
against
Joram.
(Now
Joram
with
all
Israel
had
been
on
guard
at
Ramoth-gilead
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
9:15 but
King
Joram
had
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
that
the
Syrians
had
given
him,
when
he
fought
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria.)
So
Jehu
said,
"If
this
is
your
decision,
then
let
no
one
slip
out
of
the
city
to
go
and
tell
the
news
in
Jezreel."
9:16 Then
Jehu
mounted
his
chariot
and
went
to
Jezreel,
for
Joram
lay
there.
And
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
had
come
down
to
visit
Joram.
9:17 Now
the
watchman
was
standing
on
the
tower
in
Jezreel,
and
he
saw
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'"
9:18 So
a
man
on
horseback
went
to
meet
him
and
said,
"Thus
says
the
king,
'Is
it
peace'"
And
Jehu
said,
"What
do
you
have
to
do
with
peace
Turn
around
and
ride
behind
me."
And
the
watchman
reported,
saying,
"The
messenger
reached
them,
but
he
is
not
coming
back."
9:19 Then
he
sent
out
a
second
horseman,
who
came
to
them
and
said,
"Thus
the
king
has
said,
'Is
it
peace'"
And
Jehu
answered,
"What
do
you
have
to
do
with
peace
Turn
around
and
ride
behind
me."
9:20 Again
the
watchman
reported,
"He
reached
them,
but
he
is
not
coming
back.
And
the
driving
is
like
the
driving
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi,
for
he
drives
furiously."
9:21 Joram
said,
"Make
ready."
And
they
made
ready
his
chariot.
Then
Joram
king
of
Israel
and
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
set
out,
each
in
his
chariot,
and
went
to
meet
Jehu,
and
met
him
at
the
property
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite.
9:22 And
when
Joram
saw
Jehu,
he
said,
"Is
it
peace,
Jehu"
He
answered,
"What
peace
can
there
be,
so
long
as
the
whorings
and
the
sorceries
of
your
mother
Jezebel
are
so
many"
9:23 Then
Joram
reined
about
and
fled,
saying
to
Ahaziah,
"Treachery,
O
Ahaziah!"
9:24 And
Jehu
drew
his
bow
with
his
full
strength,
and
shot
Joram
between
the
shoulders,
so
that
the
arrow
pierced
his
heart,
and
he
sank
in
his
chariot.
9:25 Jehu
said
to
Bidkar
his
aide,
"Take
him
up
and
throw
him
on
the
plot
of
ground
belonging
to
Naboth
the
Jezreelite.
For
remember,
when
you
and
I
rode
side
by
side
behind
Ahab
his
father,
how
the
LORD
made
this
pronouncement
against
him:
9:26 'As
surely
as
I
saw
yesterday
the
blood
of
Naboth
and
the
blood
of
his
sons--declares
the
LORD--I
will
repay
you
on
this
plot
of
ground.'
Now
therefore
take
him
up
and
throw
him
on
the
plot
of
ground,
in
accordance
with
the
word
of
the
LORD."
9:27 When
Ahaziah
the
king
of
Judah
saw
this,
he
fled
in
the
direction
of
Beth-haggan.
And
Jehu
pursued
him
and
said,
"Shoot
him
also."
And
they
shot
him
in
the
chariot
at
the
ascent
of
Gur,
which
is
by
Ibleam.
And
he
fled
to
Megiddo
and
died
there.
9:28 His
servants
carried
him
in
a
chariot
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in
his
tomb
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
9:29 In
the
eleventh
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab,
Ahaziah
began
to
reign
over
Judah.
9:30 When
Jehu
came
to
Jezreel,
Jezebel
heard
of
it.
And
she
painted
her
eyes
and
adorned
her
head
and
looked
out
of
the
window.
9:31 And
as
Jehu
entered
the
gate,
she
said,
"Is
it
peace,
you
Zimri,
murderer
of
your
master"
9:32 And
he
lifted
up
his
face
to
the
window
and
said,
"Who
is
on
my
side
Who"
Two
or
three
eunuchs
looked
out
at
him.
9:33 He
said,
"Throw
her
down."
So
they
threw
her
down.
And
some
of
her
blood
spattered
on
the
wall
and
on
the
horses,
and
they
trampled
on
her.
9:34 Then
he
went
in
and
ate
and
drank.
And
he
said,
"See
now
to
this
cursed
woman
and
bury
her,
for
she
is
a
king's
daughter."
9:35 But
when
they
went
to
bury
her,
they
found
no
more
of
her
than
the
skull
and
the
feet
and
the
palms
of
her
hands.
9:36 When
they
came
back
and
told
him,
he
said,
"This
is
the
word
of
the
LORD,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
'In
the
territory
of
Jezreel
the
dogs
shall
eat
the
flesh
of
Jezebel,
9:37 and
the
corpse
of
Jezebel
shall
be
as
dung
on
the
face
of
the
field
in
the
territory
of
Jezreel,
so
that
no
one
can
say,
This
is
Jezebel.'"