mkjv - 2Kings:9-11

mkjv@2Kings:9:1 @ And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Bind up your loins and take this box of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth in Gilead.

mkjv@2Kings:9:2 @ And you shall go there, and you shall see there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And you shall go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.

mkjv@2Kings:9:3 @ And take the box of oil and pour [it] on his head, and say, So says the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. And you shall open the door, and flee, and shall not wait.

mkjv@2Kings:9:4 @ And the young man went, the servant of the prophet, [to] Ramoth in Gilead.

mkjv@2Kings:9:5 @ And [he] came in, and, behold, the commanders of the army [were] sitting. And he said, I have an errand to you, commander. And Jehu said, To which of all of us? And he said, To you, commander.

mkjv@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head and said to him, So says Jehovah God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.

mkjv@2Kings:9:7 @ And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, so 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.

mkjv@2Kings:9:8 @ For the whole house of Ahab shall perish. And I will cut off from Ahab everyone that urinates against the wall, both bound and free.

mkjv@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.

mkjv@2Kings:9:10 @ And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in a part of Jezreel, and none [shall be there] to bury [her]. And he opened the door and fled.

mkjv@2Kings:9:11 @ And Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And [one] said to him, Well? Why did this mad man come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and what he had to say.

mkjv@2Kings:9:12 @ And they said, [It is] false. Tell us now! And he said, This and this he spoke to me, saying, So says the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel.

mkjv@2Kings:9:13 @ And they hurried and each man took his garment and put [it] under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

mkjv@2Kings:9:14 @ And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi plotted against Jehoram. And Jehoram was keeping [watch at] Ramoth in Gilead, he and all Israel before Hazael king, of Syria.

mkjv@2Kings:9:15 @ And king Jehoram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael the king of Syria. And Jehu said, If it is your minds, [then] let no escapee leave to go to tell [it] in Jezreel.

mkjv@2Kings:9:16 @ And Jehu rode in the chariot and went to Jezreel. For Jehoram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Jehoram.

mkjv@2Kings:9:17 @ And a watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel. And [he] saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Jehoram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?

mkjv@2Kings:9:18 @ And the rider on horseback went to meet him and said, So says the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What do you [have to do] with peace? Turn behind me! And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came to them, but he does not come again.

mkjv@2Kings:9:19 @ And he sent a second rider on horseback, who came to them and said, So says the king, [Is it] peace? And he answered, What [do you have] to do with peace? Turn behind me!

mkjv@2Kings:9:20 @ And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, but does not come again. And the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.

mkjv@2Kings:9:21 @ And Jehoram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his own chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth of Jezreel.

mkjv@2Kings:9:22 @ And it happened when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?

mkjv@2Kings:9:23 @ And Jehoram turned his hands and fled and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah!

mkjv@2Kings:9:24 @ And Jehu drew a bow and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

mkjv@2Kings:9:25 @ And he said to Bidkar his commander, Take him up [and] throw him in the portion of the field of Naboth of Jezreel. For, remember, you and I rode together after Ahab his father, and the LORD laid this burden on him.

mkjv@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely, yesterday I have seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, says the LORD, and I will repay you in this portion, says the LORD. And now, take [him] and throw him into the portion, according to the word of the LORD.

mkjv@2Kings:9:27 @ And when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw, [he] fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him and said, Strike him also in the chariot, at the going up to Gur, that [is near Ibleam. And [he] fled to Megiddo, and died there.

mkjv@2Kings:9:28 @ And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

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

mkjv@2Kings:9:30 @ And Jehu had come to Jezreel. And Jezebel heard, and had painted her face and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.

mkjv@2Kings:9:31 @ And Jehu came to the gate. And she said, [Was it] peace [to] Zimri the slayer of his lord?

mkjv@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who [is] with me? Who? And two [or] three eunuchs looked out at him.

mkjv@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Throw her down! And they threw her down. And [some] of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses. And he trampled her.

mkjv@2Kings:9:34 @ And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, now see this cursed [woman] and bury her. For she is a king's daughter.

mkjv@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 [her] hands.

mkjv@2Kings:9:36 @ And they came again 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 the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel.

mkjv@2Kings:9:37 @ And the dead body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, [so] that they shall not say, This [is] Jezebel.

mkjv@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 the supporters of Ahab, saying,

mkjv@2Kings:10:2 @ And now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons [are] with you, and chariots and horses are] with you, also a fortified city and armor,

mkjv@2Kings:10:3 @ even look for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

mkjv@2Kings:10:4 @ And they were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, two kings did not stand before him; how then shall we stand?

mkjv@2Kings:10:5 @ And he who [was] over the house, and he over the city, the elders also, and the guardians, sent to Jehu saying, We [are] your servants and will do all that you shall say to us; we will not make any king. Do what is good in your eyes.

mkjv@2Kings:10:6 @ And he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you [are] mine, and will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by this time tomorrow. And the king's sons, seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city who brought them up.

mkjv@2Kings:10:7 @ And it happened when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and killed them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent to him in Jezreel.

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

mkjv@2Kings:10:9 @ And it happened in the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, You [are] righteous. Behold, I plotted against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?

mkjv@2Kings:10:10 @ Now know 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 has done that which He spoke by His servant Elijah.

mkjv@2Kings:10:11 @ And Jehu killed all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

mkjv@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. He [was] at the shepherds' shearing-house in the way,

mkjv@2Kings:10:13 @ And Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] you? And they answered, The brothers of Ahaziah. And we are going down to greet the king's sons and the queen's sons.

mkjv@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Take them alive! And they took them alive and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty-two men. And he left not a man of them.

mkjv@2Kings:10:15 @ And he left there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him. And [he] greeted him and said to him, [Is] your heart right, as my heart [is] with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give your hand. And he gave his hand. And he took him up to him into the chariot.

mkjv@2Kings:10:16 @ And [he] said, Come with me and see my zeal for Jehovah. And they made him ride in his chariot.

mkjv@2Kings:10:17 @ And he came to Samaria, and killed all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of Jehovah which he spoke to Elijah.

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

mkjv@2Kings:10:19 @ And now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. Let no one be lacking. For I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever shall be lacking, he shall not live. But Jehu was acting with cunning, to the end that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.

mkjv@2Kings:10:20 @ And Jehu said, Call a solemn feast for Baal. And they called [it].

mkjv@2Kings:10:21 @ And Jehu sent through all Israel. And all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they came into the house of Baal. And the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

mkjv@2Kings:10:22 @ And he said to him who [was] over the robe-room, Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal. And he brought [them] out for them.

mkjv@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal. And he said to the servants of Baal, Search and look, that there [may] not [be] here with you any of the servants of the LORD, but only the servants of Baal.

mkjv@2Kings:10:24 @ And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. And Jehu had appointed eighty men outside, and said, [If] any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes, his life shall be for the life of him.

mkjv@2Kings:10:25 @ And it happened when he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the commanders, Go in. Kill them! Do not let any come out! And they struck them with the edge of the sword. And the guard and the commanders threw [them] out. And they went to the city, to the house of Baal.

mkjv@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal and burned them.

mkjv@2Kings:10:27 @ And [they] broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal and made it a sewer-house until this day.

mkjv@2Kings:10:28 @ And Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

mkjv@2Kings:10:29 @ Only, Jehu did not depart [from] the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, going after them, the golden calves in Bethel and in Daniel.

mkjv@2Kings:10:30 @ And the LORD said to him, Jehu, because you have done well in doing the right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that [was] in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation] shall sit on the throne of Israel.

mkjv@2Kings:10:31 @ But Jehu did not care to walk in the law of Jehovah God of Israel with all his heart, for he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

mkjv@2Kings:10:32 @ In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short. And Hazael struck them in all the border of Israel,

mkjv@2Kings:10:33 @ from Jordan toward the rising of the sun, all the land of Gilead, the men of Gad and of Reuben and of Manasseh, from Aroer, by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

mkjv@2Kings:10:34 @ And the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did, and all his might, [are] they not written in the Book of the Matter of the Days of the Kings of Israel?

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

mkjv@2Kings:10:36 @ And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel and Samaria [were] twenty-eight years.

mkjv@2Kings:11:1 @ And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.

mkjv@2Kings:11:2 @ But Jehosheba the daughter of king Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons [which were] killed. And they hid him from Athaliah in the bedroom, him and his nurse, so that he was not killed.

mkjv@2Kings:11:3 @ And he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

mkjv@2Kings:11:4 @ And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the rulers over hundreds, with the commanders and the guards, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and revealed to them the king's son.

mkjv@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that you shall do. A third part of you who enter in on the sabbath [shall be] keepers of the watch of the king's house.

mkjv@2Kings:11:6 @ And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur. And a third part at the gate behind the guard. And you shall keep the watch of the house, alternately.

mkjv@2Kings:11:7 @ And two parts of you, all who go forth [on] the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD around the king.

mkjv@2Kings:11:8 @ And you shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. And he who comes inside the ranks, let him be killed. And they shall be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

mkjv@2Kings:11:9 @ And the rulers of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men, going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

mkjv@2Kings:11:10 @ And the priest gave king David's spears and shields, which [were] in the temple of the LORD, to the rulers of the hundreds.

mkjv@2Kings:11:11 @ And the guard stood, each man with his weapons in his hand, around the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, by the altar and the temple.

mkjv@2Kings:11:12 @ And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown and the testimony on him. And they made him king and anointed him, and clapped their hands and said, Let the king live!

mkjv@2Kings:11:13 @ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard [and] of the people, she came [to] the people into the temple of the LORD.

mkjv@2Kings:11:14 @ And she looked, and behold, the king stood by a pillar as usually [was] done, and the rulers and the trumpeters [were] by the king. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason!

mkjv@2Kings:11:15 @ And Jehoiada the priest commanded the rulers of the hundreds, those set over the army, and said to them, Take her out between the ranks, and let the one who follows her kill [her] with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

mkjv@2Kings:11:16 @ And they laid hands on her, and she went by the way which the horses came into the king's house. And she was killed there.

mkjv@2Kings:11:17 @ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the people of Jehovah; also between the king and the people.

mkjv@2Kings:11:18 @ And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and broke it down. They broke his altars and his images completely in pieces. And they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

mkjv@2Kings:11:19 @ And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the commanders, and the guard, and all the people of the land. And they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

mkjv@2Kings:11:20 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they killed Athaliah with the sword [beside] the king's house.

mkjv@2Kings:11:21 @ Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign.

mkjv@2Kings:12:1 @ And in the seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign. And he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beer-sheba.