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          DASV: 2 Kings 9    

1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets,
and said to him, "Tuck your cloak up into your belt, and
quickly take this flask of olive oil in your hand, and go
to Ramoth Gilead.
2 When you arrive there, look for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi, and go in and get him away from his
companions, and bring him to a private inner chamber.
3 Take the flask of olive oil, pour it on his head, and say,
"This is what the LORD says, 'I have anointed you king over
Israel.'" Then open the door, and get out of there quickly.

4 So the young servant of the prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.
5 When he arrived, the army officers were sitting around.
He announced, "I have a message for you, commander." Jehu
asked, "For which one of us?" He replied, "For you, commander."
6 So he got up and went into the house. Then the prophet
poured the olive oil on his head, and said to him, "This is
what the LORD says, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you
king over the LORD's people, Israel.
7 You will strike down 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 shed by Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off
from Ahab every male child, slave or free that is left anywhere
in Israel.
9 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 The dogs will eat Jezebel in the parcel of land in Jezreel,
and no one will bury her.'" Then he opened the door, and fled.

11 When Jehu returned to his master's officers, one of them
asked him, "Is everything all right? Why did this madman want
to talk to you?" Jehu replied, "You know what type of person
he is and the types of things they usually say."
12 They said, "That isn't true, come on tell us." So he said,
"This is what he said to me, 'This is what the LORD says,
"I have anointed you king over Israel."'"
13 Then each of them quickly took off his cloak and spread
them under Jehu's feet on the stairs. They blew the trumpet,
shouting, "Jehu is king."
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired
against Joram. Now Joram and all Israel were guarding Ramoth
Gilead against Hazael king of Aram.
15 But king Joram had returned to recover in Jezreel from
the wounds the Arameans had given him, when he fought with
Hazael king of Aram. Jehu said, "If this is what you want,
then don't let anyone escape from the city, to report
it in Jezreel."
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel, where Joram
lay wounded and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see
Joram.
17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and
he spotted the troops of Jehu as he came, and announced, "I see
troops." Joram said, "Send a horseman to meet them, and let
him ask, 'Are you coming in peace?'"
18 So a horsemen rode out to meet Jehu, and said, "This is what
the king says, 'Are you coming in peace?'" Jehu replied, "What
have you to do with peace? Fall in behind me." The watchman
reported, "The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back."
19 So the king sent out a second rider, who came to them, and
asked, "This is what the king says, 'Are you coming in peace?'"
Jehu replied, "What have you to do with peace? Fall in
behind me."
20 The watchman reported, "He came to them but he isn't coming
back either. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the
son of Nimshi; for he drives like a maniac."

21 Joram said, "Make ready." So they got his chariot ready. Then
Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in
his chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him in the portion of land
belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, "Have you come in peace, Jehu?"
He answered, "What peace can there be, as long as the idolatry
and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel continue?"
23 Then Joram turned his chariot around and fled. He warned
Ahaziah, "It's treason, Ahaziah."
24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram
between the shoulders. The arrow went straight through his
heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

25 Then Jehu ordered Bidkar, his officer, "Pick him up, and throw
him into the portion of the field belonging to Naboth the
Jezreelite. Remember when you and I rode together behind
Ahab his father, that the LORD made this pronouncement of
judgment on him.
26 'Surely I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood
of his sons yesterday,' says the LORD. I will repay you on
this plot of ground' says the LORD. Now therefore pick him
up and throw him into the plot of ground, in accordance
with the word of the LORD."
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by
the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu chased after him, and said,
"Shoot him too." So they shot him in the chariot at the
ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died
there.
28 His servants took him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
29 Ahaziah began to reign over Judah in the eleventh year
of Joram the son of Ahab.

30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard it, so she
painted her eyes, and fixed her hair, and looked out the
window.
31 As Jehu entered in the city gate, she said, "Have you
come in peace, Zimri, your master's murderer?"
32 He lifted up his face to the window, and shouted, "Who
is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs were looking
out at him.
33 He ordered, "Throw her down." So they threw her down,
and some of her blood was splattered on the wall, and on
the horses as Jehu trampled her under their hooves.
34 When he had come in, he ate and drank, and he said,
"Take care of this cursed woman, and bury her; for she
is a king's daughter."
35 They went to bury her but found only her skull, feet
and the palms of her hands.
36 When they came back and told him, he said, "This is
the word of the LORD, which he spoke through his servant
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the plot of ground in
Jezreel dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
37 Jezebel's corpse will be as dung on the face of the
ground in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one will
say, "This is Jezebel."'"

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