1 GLT And Elisha the prophet called to one from the sons of the prophets, and he 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.
3 GLT And you will take the flask of oil, and you will pour{ it} on his head, and you will say,‘Thus says Yahweh:“I have anointed you as king over Israel.”’ Then you will open the door, and you will flee, and you will not tarry.” 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 GLT And the young man— the young man, the prophet— went{ to} Ramoth- Gilead. BSB BSB: So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
5 GLT And he came and look— the captains of the army were sitting, and he said,“A word{ belongs} to me concerning you, O captain.” And Jehu said,“Concerning who, from all of us?” And he said,“Concerning you, O captain.” 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 GLT And he got up, and he came to the house, and he poured the oil on his head. And he 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 GLT And you will strike the house of Ahab your lord, and I will avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all 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 GLT And all of the house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off the one of Ahab who urinates on a wall and the one who is restrained and the one who is 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 GLT And I will give 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 GLT And the dogs will eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, but 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 GLT And Jehu came out to the servants of his lords, and he said to him,“Peace? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them,“You yourselves know the man and his speech.” 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 GLT And they said,“A lie! Now, inform us.” And he said,“He said like this and like this 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 GLT And they hurried, and they took, each one his clothing, and they set{ them} beneath him to the bone of the steps. And they blasted on the trumpet, 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!”
14 GLT And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. And Joram was guarding in Ramoth- Gilead, he and all 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 GLT And King Joram returned to heal in Jezreel from the wounds that Arameans had stricken when he fought with Hazael the king of Aram. And Jehu said,“If it is your desire, do not let a fugitive go out from the city, to go to report 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 GLT And Jehu rode, and he went to Jezreel, because Joram was laying down there. And Ahaziah the king of Judah went 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 GLT And the watchman was standing on the watchtower in Jezreel, and he saw the crowd of Jehu when he came, and he said,“I am seeing a crowd.” And Jehoram said,“Take a chariot, and send to call them, and he will 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 GLT And the chariot of the horse went to call him, and he said,“Thus says the king:‘Peace?’” And Jehu said,“What{ is} to you and to peace? Turn around to after me.” And the watchman declared, saying,“The messenger has come up 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 GLT And he sent out a second chariot of a horse, and he came to them, and he said,“Thus says the king:‘Peace.’” And Jehu said,“What{ is} 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 GLT And Joram said,“Get harnessed.” And he harnessed his chariot, and Jehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, each man in his chariot, and they went out to call 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 GLT And it happened, when Jehoram saw Jehu, and he said,“Peace, Jehu?” And he said,“How{ is} peace during the promiscuity 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 GLT And Jehoram turned his hands and he fled, and he said to Ahaziah,“Deceit, Ahaziah!” BSB BSB: Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
25 GLT And he said to Bidkar, his third{ officer},“Lift and throw him in the portion of the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite. For remember— me and you, riding{ as} pairs after Ahab his father, and Yahweh lifted this utterance 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 GLT ‘If not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons I have seen yesterday, declares Yahweh, and I will repay to you in this portion, declares Yahweh.’ But now, lift, throw him in 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 GLT 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,“Also strike him to the chariot in 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 GLT 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 GLT And in the year of the 11 th year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. BSB BSB: (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
30 GLT And Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard. And she set her eyes with paint, and she made her head good, 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 GLT And Jehu came in the gate, And she said,“Peace, Zimri, murderer of his lord?” BSB BSB: And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
32 GLT 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 GLT And he said,“Drop her.” And they dropped her, and some of her blood sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and they 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 GLT And he went, and he ate, and he drank, and he said,“Now, attend to this cursed woman and bury her, for a daughter of a king{ is} she.” 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 GLT And they went to bury her, but they did not find among 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 GLT And they returned, and they informed 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, the 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 GLT and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the 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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