Jehu Anointed King of Israel 1 ULT And Elisha the prophet called to one of the sons of the prophets and said to him,“Gird your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go{ to} Ramoth Gilead. BSB BSB: Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
2 ULT And you shall come to there, and see Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, there. And you shall come, and you shall make him arise from the midst of his brothers, and you shall bring him{ to} a chamber in a chamber. BSB BSB: When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room. 3 ULT And you shall take the flask of oil, and you shall pour{ it} on his head, and you shall say,‘Thus says Yahweh,“I have anointed you as king over Israel.”’ Then you shall open the door, and you shall flee, and you shall not delay.” BSB BSB: Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
4 ULT So the young man, the young man, the prophet, went{ to} Ramoth Gilead. BSB BSB: So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
5 ULT And he came, and behold, the commanders of the army were sitting, and he said,“A word{ is} to me for you, O commander.” And Jehu said,“For whom, from all of us?” And he said,“For you, O commander.” BSB BSB: and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
6 ULT And he arose and came to the house. And he poured the oil on his head and said to him,“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,‘I have anointed you as king over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. BSB BSB: So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
7 ULT And you shall strike the house of Ahab, your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all of the servants of Yahweh from the hand of Jezebel. BSB BSB: And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
8 ULT And all of the house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab one pissing against a wall, both one restrained and one set free in Israel. BSB BSB: The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
9 ULT 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. BSB BSB: I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
10 ULT And dogs will eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and{ there will be} no burying.’” And he opened the door, and he fled. BSB BSB: And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
11 ULT And Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him,“Peace? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them,“You, you know the man and his talk.” BSB BSB: When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
12 ULT And they said,“A lie! Now declare to us.” And he said,“Like this and like this he spoke to me, saying,‘Thus says Yahweh,“I have anointed you as king over Israel.”’” BSB BSB: “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
13 ULT And they hurried and took, a man his garment, and they put{ them} under him at the top of the steps. And they blew on a shofar, and they said,“Jehu is king.” BSB BSB: Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:8–9)
14 ULT So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been guarding in Ramoth Gilead, he and all of Israel, from the face of Hazael, the king of Aram. BSB BSB: Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
15 ULT But King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds{ with} which the Arameans had struck him when he fought with Hazael, the king of Aram. And Jehu said,“If it is your soul, may an escaper not go out from the city to go to declare in Jezreel.” BSB BSB: but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
16 ULT And Jehu rode and went to Jezreel, because Joram was lying down there. Now Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had gone down to see Joram. BSB BSB: Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
17 ULT And a watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the multitude of Jehu as he came, and he said,“I am seeing a multitude.” And Jehoram said,“Take a horseman and send{ him} to meet them, and he shall say,‘Peace?’” BSB BSB: Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
18 ULT And the rider of the horse went to meet him, and he said,“Thus says the king,‘Peace?’” And Jehu said,“What to you and to peace? Turn around to after me.” And the watchman declared, saying,“The messenger has come to them, but he has not returned.” BSB BSB: So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
19 ULT So he sent out a second rider of a horse, and he came to them, and he said,“Thus says the king:‘Peace.’” And Jehu said,“What to you and to peace? Turn around to after me.” BSB BSB: So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
21 ULT And Joram said,“Harness.” And one harnessed his chariot. And Jehoram, the king of Israel, went out with Ahaziah, the king of Judah, a man in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu. And they found him on the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. BSB BSB: “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 ULT And it happened when Jehoram saw Jehu that he said,“Peace, Jehu?” And he said,“What peace, during the prostitutions of Jezebel your mother and her many sorceries?” BSB BSB: When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
23 ULT And Jehoram turned his hands and fled, and he said to Ahaziah,“Treachery, Ahaziah!” BSB BSB: Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
25 ULT And he said to Bidkar his captain,“Pick{ him} up and throw him onto the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, me and you riding{ in} pairs after Ahab his father, and Yahweh lifted this burden against him, BSB BSB: And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
26 ULT ‘“If I have not seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday,” the declaration of Yahweh,“and I will repay you on this portion,” the declaration of Yahweh.’ And now, pick{ him} up, throw him onto the portion, according to the word of Yahweh.” BSB BSB: ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
27 ULT And Ahaziah, the king of Judah, saw, and he fled the way of the house of the garden. And Jehu pursued after him, and he said,“Strike him too in the chariot!” At the ascent of Gur, which{ is} near Ibleam. And he fled{ to} Megiddo, and he died there. BSB BSB: When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
28 ULT And his servants caused him to ride to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David. BSB BSB: Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
29 ULT Now in the year of 11, the year to Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had reigned over Judah. BSB BSB: (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
Jezebel’s Violent Death 30 ULT And Jehu came to Jezreel. And Jezebel heard, and she set her eyes in paint, and she made good her head, and she looked down through the window. BSB BSB: Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
31 ULT And Jehu came in the gate, And she said,“Peace, Zimri, murderer of his master?” BSB BSB: And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
32 ULT And he lifted his face to the window, and he said,“Who{ is} with me? Who?” And two, three eunuchs looked down to him. BSB BSB: He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
33 ULT And he said,“Throw her down.” And they threw her down, and some of her blood sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her. BSB BSB: “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
34 ULT And he entered, and he ate and drank. Then he said,“Look after this cursed woman, please, and bury her, for she{ was} the daughter of a king.” BSB BSB: Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
35 ULT So they went to bury her, but they did not find of her except the skull and the feet and the palms of the hands. BSB BSB: But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 ULT And they returned, and they declared to him. And he said,“It{ is} the word of Yahweh that he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,‘In the portion of Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel, BSB BSB: So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
37 ULT and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of a field in the portion of Jezreel, that they will not say,“This is Jezebel.”’” BSB BSB: And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
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