2Kings:9

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ylt @2Kings:9:1 @And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets , and saith to him , 'Gird up thy loins , and take this vial of oil in thy hand , and go to Ramoth-Gilead , ylt @2Kings:9:2 @and thou hast gone in there , and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat , son of Nimshi , and thou hast gone in , and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren , and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber , ylt @2Kings:9:3 @and taken the vial of oil , and poured on his head , and said , Thus said Jehovah , I have anointed thee for king unto Israel ; and thou hast opened the door , and fled , and dost not wait .' ylt @2Kings:9:4 @And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead , ylt @2Kings:9:5 @and cometh in , and lo , chiefs of the force are sitting , and he saith , 'I have a word unto thee , O chief !' and Jehu saith , 'Unto which of all of us ?' and he saith , 'Unto thee , O chief .' ylt @2Kings:9:6 @And he riseth and cometh in to the house , and he poureth the oil on his head , and saith to him , 'Thus said Jehovah , God of Israel , I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah , unto Israel , ylt @2Kings:9:7 @and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord , and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets , and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah , from the hand of Jezebel ; ylt @2Kings:9:8 @and perished hath all the house of Ahab , and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall , and restrained , and left , in Israel , ylt @2Kings:9:9 @and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat , and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah , ylt @2Kings:9:10 @and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel , and there is none burying ;' and he openeth the door and fleeth . ylt @2Kings:9:11 @And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord , and [one ] saith to him , 'Is there peace ? wherefore came this madman unto thee ?' and he saith unto them , 'Ye have known the man and his talk .' ylt @2Kings:9:12 @And they say , 'False , declare , we pray thee , to us ;' and he saith , 'Thus and thus spake he unto me , saying , Thus said Jehovah , I have anointed thee for king unto Israel .' ylt @2Kings:9:13 @And they haste and take each his garment , and put [it ] under him at the top of the stairs , and blow with a trumpet , and say , 'Reigned hath Jehu !' ylt @2Kings:9:14 @And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat , son of Nimshi , conspireth against Joram -- (and Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead , he and all Israel , from the presence of Hazael king of Aram , ylt @2Kings:9:15 @and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel , of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him , in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram ) -- and Jehu saith , 'If it is your mind , let not an escaped one go out from the city , to go to declare [it ] in Jezreel .' ylt @2Kings:9:16 @And Jehu rideth , and goeth to Jezreel , for Joram is lying there , and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram . ylt @2Kings:9:17 @And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel , and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming , and saith , 'A company I see ;' and Joram saith , 'Take a rider and send to meet them , and let him say , Is there peace ?' ylt @2Kings:9:18 @and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him , and saith , 'Thus said the king , Is there peace ?' and Jehu saith , 'What -- to thee and to peace ? turn round behind me .' And the watchman declareth , saying , 'The messenger came unto them , and he hath not returned .' ylt @2Kings:9:19 @And he sendeth a second rider on a horse , and he cometh in unto them , and saith , 'Thus said the king , Is there peace ?' and Jehu saith , 'What -- to thee and to peace ? turn round behind me .' ylt @2Kings:9:20 @And the watchman declareth , saying , 'He came unto them , and he hath not returned , and the driving [is ] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi , for with madness he driveth .' ylt @2Kings:9:21 @And Jehoram saith , 'Harness ;' and his chariot is harnessed , and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out , and Ahaziah king of Judah , each in his chariot , and they go out to meet Jehu , and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite . ylt @2Kings:9:22 @And it cometh to pass , at Jehoram 's seeing Jehu , that he saith , 'Is there peace , Jehu ?' and he saith , 'What [is ] the peace , while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother , and her witchcrafts , are many ?' ylt @2Kings:9:23 @And Jehoram turneth his hands , and fleeth , and saith unto Ahaziah , 'Deceit , O Ahaziah !' ylt @2Kings:9:24 @And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow , and smiteth Jehoram between his arms , and the arrow goeth out from his heart , and he boweth down in his chariot . ylt @2Kings:9:25 @And [Jehu ] saith unto Bidkar his captain , 'Lift up , cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite -- for , remember , I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father , and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden : ylt @2Kings:9:26 @Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- yea , I have recompensed to thee in this portion -- the affirmation of Jehovah ; -- and now , lift up , cast him into the portion , according to the word of Jehovah .' ylt @2Kings:9:27 @And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen , and fleeth the way of the garden-house , and Jehu pursueth after him , and saith , 'Smite him -- also him -- in the chariot ,' in the going up to Gur , that [is ] Ibleam , and he fleeth to Megiddo , and dieth there , ylt @2Kings:9:28 @and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem , and bury him in his burying-place , with his fathers , in the city of David . ylt @2Kings:9:29 @And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah . ylt @2Kings:9:30 @And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel , and Jezebel hath heard , and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head , and looketh out through the window . ylt @2Kings:9:31 @And Jehu hath come into the gate , and she saith , 'Was there peace [to ] Zimri -- slayer of his lord ?' ylt @2Kings:9:32 @And he lifteth up his face unto the window , and saith , 'Who [is ] with me ? -- who ?' and look out unto him do two [or ] three eunuchs ; ylt @2Kings:9:33 @And he saith , 'Let her go ;' and they let her go , and [some ] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall , and on the horses , and he treadeth her down . ylt @2Kings:9:34 @And he cometh in , and eateth , and drinketh , and saith , 'Look after , I pray you , this cursed one , and bury her , for she [is ] a king 's daughter .' ylt @2Kings:9:35 @And they go to bury her , and have not found of her except the skull , and the feet , and the palms of the hands . ylt @2Kings:9:36 @And they turn back , and declare to him , and he saith , 'The word of Jehovah it [is ], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite , saying , In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel , ylt @2Kings:9:37 @and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel , that they say not , This [is ] Jezebel .'

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