II Kings Chapter 9

II Kings Chapter 9
1 Then Elisha the prophet called one of
the children of the prophets, and said
unto him, Gird thy loins and take this box
of oil in thine hand, and get thee to
Ramoth Gilead.
2 And when thou comest thither, look
where is Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the
son of Nimshi, and go, and make him
arise up from among his brethren, and
lead him to a secret chamber.
3 Then take the box of oil and pour it on
his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
Then open the door, and flee without any
tarrying.
4 So the servant of the prophet gat him to
Ramoth Gilead.
5 And when he came in, behold, the
captains of the army were sitting and he
said, I have a message to thee, O
captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of
all us? And he answered, 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 for 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
of the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be
destroyed: and I will cut off from Ahab,
him that maketh water against the wall,
as well him that is shut up, as him that is
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
field of Jezreel, and there shall be none
to bury her. And he opened the door, and
fled.
11 Then Jehu came out 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 what his talk was.
12 And they said, It is false, tell us it
now. Then he said, Thus and thus spake
he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I
have anointed thee for king over Israel.
13 Then they made haste, and took every
man his garment, and put it under him on
the top of the stairs, and blew the
trumpet, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu
the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Jehoram: (Now
Jehoram kept Ramoth Gilead, he and all
Israel, because of Hazael king of Aram
[Syria].
15 And king Jehoram returned to be
healed in Jezreel of the wounds, which
the Aramites [Syrians] had given him,
when he fought with Hazael king of
Aram [Syria]) and Jehu said, If it be
your minds, let no man depart and
escape out of the city, to go and tell in
Jezreel.
16 So Jehu gat up into a chariot, and
went to Jezreel: for Jehoram lay there,
and Ahaziah king of Judah was come
down to see Jehoram.
17 And the watchman that stood in the
tower in Jezreel spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a
company. And Jehoram said, Take a
horseman and send to meet them, that he
may 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 behind me.
And the watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he cometh
not again.
19 Then he sent out another 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 behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He
came to them also, but cometh not again,
and the marching is like the marching of
Jehu the son of Nimshi: for he marcheth
furiously.
21 Then Jehoram said, Make ready: and
his chariot was made ready. And
Jehoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king
of Judah went out either of them in his
chariot against Jehu, and met him in the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And
when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is it
peace, Jehu? And he answered, What
peace? The whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel, and her witchcrafts are yet in
great number?
23 Then Jehoram turned his hand, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, O
Ahaziah, there is treason.
24 But Jehu took a bow in his hand, and
smote Jehoram between the shoulders,
that the arrow went through his heart:
and he fell down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar a captain,
Take, and cast him in some place of the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for I
remember 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, said
the Lord, and I will render it thee in this
field, saith the Lord: now therefore take
and cast him in the field, 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 pursued after him, and said, Smite
him also in the chariot: and they smote
him in the going up to Gur, which is by
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and
there died.
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 Jehoram
the son of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reign
over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it and painted her face,
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window.
31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she
said, Had Zimri peace, which slew his
master?
32 And he lift up his eyes to the
window, and said, Who is on my side,
who?
Then two or three of her eunuchs looked
unto him.
33 And he said, Cast her down: and they
cast her down, and he sprinkled of her
blood upon the wall, and upon the
horses, and he trod her under foot. 34
And when he was come in, he did eat
and drink, and said, Visit now yonder
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 field of
Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel.
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be
as dung upon the ground in the field of
Jezreel, so that none shall say, This is
Jezebel.