2 Kings 9
1 And
Elisha the
prophet called one of the
children of the
prophets, and
said unto him, Gird
up thy
loins, and
take this
box of
oil in thine
hand, and
go to
Ramothgilead:
2 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; 3 Then
take the
box 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.
4 So the young
man, even the young
man the
prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.
5 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 all us? And he
said, To thee, O
captain. 6 And he
arose, and
went into the
house; and he
poured the
oil on his
head, and
said unto him, Thus
saith the
LORD God of
Israel, I have
anointed thee
king over the
people of the
LORD, even over
Israel. 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. 8 For the whole
house of
Ahab shall
perish: and I will cut
off from
Ahab him that
pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut
up and
left in
Israel: 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: 10 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.
11 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 his
communication. 12 And they
said, It is
false; tell us now. And he
said, Thus and thus
spake he to me,
saying, Thus
saith the
LORD, I have
anointed thee
king over
Israel. 13 Then they
hasted, and
took every
man his
garment, and
put it under him on the
top of the
stairs, and
blew with
trumpets, saying,
Jehu is
king.
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. 15 But
king Joram was
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
be your
minds, then let
none go
forth nor
escape out of the
city to
go to
tell it in
Jezreel. 16 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. 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, Is it
peace? 18 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
again.
19 Then he sent
out a
second on
horseback, which
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.
20 And the
watchman told,
saying, He
came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the
driving is like the
driving of
Jehu the
son of
Nimshi; for he
driveth furiously. 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. 22 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
whoredoms of thy
mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so
many? 23 And
Joram turned his
hands, and
fled, and
said to
Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O
Ahaziah. 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. 25 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 laid this
burden upon him;
26 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
plat, saith the
LORD. Now therefore
take and
cast him into the
plat of ground, according to the
word of the
LORD. 27 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 did so at the going
up to
Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he
fled to
Megiddo, and
died there.
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. 29 And in the
eleventh year of
Joram the
son of
Ahab began
Ahaziah to
reign over
Judah. 30 And when
Jehu was
come to
Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she
painted her
face, and
tired her
head, and looked
out at a
window. 31 And as
Jehu entered
in at the
gate, she
said, Had
Zimri peace, who
slew his
master? 32 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 eunuchs. 33 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 he trode her under
foot.
34 And when he was come
in, he did
eat and
drink, and
said,
Go, see now this
cursed woman, and
bury her: for she is a
king's daughter. 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. 36 Wherefore they came
again, and
told him. And he
said, This is the
word of the
LORD, which he
spake by his
servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, In the
portion of
Jezreel shall
dogs eat the
flesh of
Jezebel: 37 And the
carcase 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.