rwbs - 2Kings:9-10

rwbs@2Kings: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:

rwbs@2Kings: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; (note:)inner…: Hebrews. chamber in a chamber(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:9:3 @ Then take the box of oil, and pour 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.

rwbs@2Kings:9:4 @ So the young man, the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

rwbs@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came, behold, the captains of the host 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.

rwbs@2Kings: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, over Israel.

rwbs@2Kings: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.

rwbs@2Kings: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:

rwbs@2Kings: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:

rwbs@2Kings:9:10 @ And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and none to bury. And he opened the door, and fled.

rwbs@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and said to him, all well? Why came this mad to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

rwbs@2Kings:9:12 @ And they said, 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.

rwbs@2Kings:9:13 @ Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. (note:)is king: Hebrews. reigneth(:note)

rwbs@2Kings: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.

rwbs@2Kings: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, let none go forth escape from the city to go to tell in Jezreel. (note:)Joram: Hebrews. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen(:note)had given: Heb. smotelet none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc

rwbs@2Kings: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.

rwbs@2Kings: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, peace?

rwbs@2Kings:9:18 @ So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, 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.

rwbs@2Kings:9:19 @ Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.

rwbs@2Kings:9:20 @ And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and doth not return: and the driving like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. (note:)driving: or, marching(:note)furiously: Hebrews. in madness

rwbs@2Kings: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. (note:)Make ready: Hebrews. Bind(:note)met: Heb. found

rwbs@2Kings:9:22 @ And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts many?

rwbs@2Kings:9:23 @ And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, treachery, O Ahaziah.

rwbs@2Kings: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. (note:)drew…: Hebrews. filled his hand with a bow(:note)sunk: Heb. bowed

rwbs@2Kings:9:25 @ Then said to Bidkar his captain, Take up, 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;

rwbs@2Kings: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 cast him into the plot, according to the word of the LORD. (note:)blood: Hebrews. bloods(:note)plat: or, portion

rwbs@2Kings:9:27 @ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. at the ascent of Gur, which by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

rwbs@2Kings: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.

rwbs@2Kings:9:29 @ And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

rwbs@2Kings:9:30 @ And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window. (note:)painted…: Hebrews. put her eyes in painting(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:9:31 @ And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, Zimri peace, who slew his master?

rwbs@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who on my side? who? And there looked out to him two three eunuchs. (note:)eunuchs: or, chamberlains(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.

rwbs@2Kings:9:34 @ And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed, and bury her: for she a king’s daughter.

rwbs@2Kings: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 hands.

rwbs@2Kings:9:36 @ Therefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This 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: (note:)by: Hebrews. by the hand of(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:9:37 @ And the dead body of Jezebel shall be as refuse upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; that they shall not say, This Jezebel.

rwbs@2Kings:10:1 @ And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s, saying, (note:)them…: Hebrews. nourishers(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:2 @ Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons with you, and with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armour;

rwbs@2Kings:10:3 @ Choose the best and most fit of your master’s sons, and set on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

rwbs@2Kings:10:4 @ But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

rwbs@2Kings:10:5 @ And he that over the house, and he that over the city, the elders also, and those who brought up, sent to Jehu, saying, We thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou good in thy eyes.

rwbs@2Kings:10:6 @ Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye mine, and ye will hearken to my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, with the great men of the city, who brought them up. (note:)mine: Hebrews. for me(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:7 @ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent to him to Jezreel.

rwbs@2Kings:10:8 @ And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

rwbs@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

rwbs@2Kings:10:10 @ Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done which he spoke by his servant Elijah. (note:)by: Hebrews. by the hand of(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:11 @ So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsmen, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. (note:)kinsfolks: or, acquaintance(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. as he at the shearing house in the way, (note:)shearing…: Hebrews. house of shepherds binding sheep(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:13 @ Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who ye? And they answered, We the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen. (note:)met with: Hebrews. found(:note)to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc

rwbs@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

rwbs@2Kings:10:15 @ And when he had departed from there, he came upon Jehonadab the son of Rechab to meet him: and he greeted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give thy hand. And he gave his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. (note:)lighted on: Hebrews. found(:note)saluted: Heb. blessed

rwbs@2Kings:10:16 @ And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

rwbs@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.

rwbs@2Kings:10:18 @ And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu shall serve him much.

rwbs@2Kings:10:19 @ Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing: for I have a great sacrifice to Baal; whoever shall be missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did deceitfully, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

rwbs@2Kings:10:20 @ And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed. (note:)Proclaim: Hebrews. Sanctify(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:21 @ And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. (note:)full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:22 @ And he said to him that over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

rwbs@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and see that there are here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

rwbs@2Kings:10:24 @ And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed eighty men without, and said, any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape,, his life for the life of him.

rwbs@2Kings:10:25 @ And it came to pass, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. (note:)the edge: Hebrews. the mouth(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. (note:)images: Hebrews. statues(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:27 @ And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a place of refuse to this day.

rwbs@2Kings:10:28 @ Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

rwbs@2Kings:10:29 @ Yet the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them,, the golden calves that in Bethel, and that in Daniel.

rwbs@2Kings:10:30 @ And the LORD said to Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing right in my eyes, hast done to the house of Ahab according to all that in my heart, thy children of the fourth shall sit on the throne of Israel.

rwbs@2Kings:10:31 @ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin. (note:)took…: Hebrews. observed not(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:32 @ In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel: and Hazael smote them in all the land of Israel; (note:)to cut: Hebrews. to cut off the ends(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:10:33 @ From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. (note:)eastward: Hebrews. toward the rising of the sun(:note)even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan

rwbs@2Kings:10:34 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

rwbs@2Kings:10:35 @ And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

rwbs@2Kings:10:36 @ And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and eight years. (note:)the time: Hebrews. the days were(:note)

rwbs@2Kings:11:1 @ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. (note:)seed…: Hebrews. seed of the kingdom(:note)