2Kings:9
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And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets ,
and said unto him : '
Gird up thy loins ,
and take this vial of oil in thy hand ,
and go to Ramoth-gilead .
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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 .
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Then take the vial 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 .'
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So the young man ,
even the young man the prophet ,
went to Ramoth-gilead .
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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 us all ?'
And he said : '
To thee ,
O captain .'
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And he arose ,
and went into the house ;
and he poured the oil on his head ,
and said unto him : '
Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD ,
even over Israel .
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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 .
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For the whole house of Ahab shall perish ;
and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child ,
and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel .
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And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
and like the house of Baasa the son of Ahijah .
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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 .
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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 what his talk was .'
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And they said : '
It is false ;
tell us now .'
And he said : '
Thus and thus spoke he to me ,
saying :
Thus saith the LORD :
I have anointed thee king over Israel .'
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Then they hastened ,
and took every man his garment ,
and put it under him on the top of the stairs ,
and blew the horn ,
saying : '
Jehu is king .'
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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram .--
Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth-gilead ,
he and all Israel ,
because of Hazael king of Aram ;
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but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had given him ,
when he fought with Hazael king of Aram .--
And Jehu said : '
If this be your mind ,
then let none escape and go forth out of the city ,
to go to tell it in Jezreel .'
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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 .
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Now the watchman stood 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 ?'
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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 back .'
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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 .'
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And the watchman told ,
saying : '
He came even unto them ,
and cometh not back ;
and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ;
for he driveth furiously .'
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And Joram said : '
Make ready .'
And they made ready his chariot .
And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out ,
each in his chariot ,
and they went out to meet Jehu ,
and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite .
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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 ?'
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And Joram turned his hands ,
and fled ,
and said to Ahaziah : '
There is treachery ,
O Ahaziah .'
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And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength ,
and smote Joram between his arms ,
and the arrow went out at his heart ,
and he sunk down in his chariot .
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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 pronounced this burden against him :
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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 plot ,
saith the LORD .
Now therefore take and cast him into the plot of ground ,
according to the word of the LORD .'
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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 smote him at the ascent of Gur ,
which is by Ibleam .
And he fled to Megiddo ,
and died there .
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And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem ,
and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David .
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And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah .
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And when Jehu was come to Jezreel ,
Jezebel heard of it ;
and she painted her eyes ,
and attired her head ,
and looked out at the window .
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And as Jehu entered in at the gate ,
she said : '
Is it peace ,
thou Zimri ,
thy master '
s murderer ?'
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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 officers .
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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 she was trodden under foot .
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And when he was come in ,
he did eat and drink ;
and he said : '
Look now after this cursed woman ,
and bury her ;
for she is a king '
s daughter .'
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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 .
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Wherefore they came back ,
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 the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel ;
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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 .'
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