Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 .
And
Elisha the prophet hath
called
to
one of the sons of the prophets ,
and saith
to him, `Gird
up
thy
loins
, and
take this vial
of oil in
thy
hand
, and go to Ramoth-Gilead ,
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.
and
thou
hast
gone
in
there
, and
see
thou
there
Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi ,
and
thou
hast
gone
in, and
caused
him to
rise
out
of
the
midst
of
his brethren
, and brought
him in
to the
inner
part
of
an inner -chamber,
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!”
and
taken
the vial
of oil, and
poured
on his head, and said
, Thus
said
Jehovah,
I have
anointed
thee
for
king unto
Israel ;
and
thou
hast
opened
the door ,
and fled,
and
dost
not wait.'
So
the young prophet went
to Ramoth-gilead,
And
the young man
goeth
--
the
young
man
the
prophet --
to Ramoth-Gilead,
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
.
and cometh
in
, and
lo,
chiefs
of
the force
are
sitting ,
and
he
saith,
`
I have a word
unto
thee
, O
chief!'
and
Jehu
saith
, `Unto
which of all
of
us? '
and
he
saith
, `Unto
thee
, O
chief
. '
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 .
And he
riseth
and
cometh
in
to
the house, and
he
poureth
the oil on his head ,
and saith
to
him
, `Thus
said
Jehovah
, God of Israel, I have
anointed
thee
for
king unto
the people of
Jehovah,
unto
Israel ,
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 .
and thou
hast
smitten
the house of Ahab thy
lord
, and
I have
required
the blood of My servants the prophets ,
and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah,
from
the hand of Jezebel ;
The whole
house of Ahab will
perish
, and I will
cut off from
Ahab every
male
, both
slave
and free
, in Israel .
and
perished
hath
all
the house of Ahab, and I have
cut off to
Ahab those
sitting
on
the
wall
, and restrained
, and
left,
in Israel ,
I will
make
the house of Ahab like the houses
of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah .
and
I have
given
up
the house of Ahab like the house
of Jeroboam son of Nebat ,
and as
the
house
of
Baasha son of Ahijah ,
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
.
and Jezebel
do
the dogs
eat
in
the
portion
of Jezreel, and there is
none
burying;'
and
he
openeth
the door and fleeth
.
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
.
And
Jehu hath
gone
out unto
the servants of his lord
, and
`one'
saith
to
him
, `
Is there
peace
? wherefore
came
this madman unto
thee
? '
and he saith
unto
them,
`Ye
have
known
the
man
and
his
talk
. '
“That
is
a
lie!”
they said.
“Tell
us
now!”
So
Jehu
answered
, “He
talked
to me
about
this
and that
, and he said, ‘This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
I anoint
you
king over
Israel. ’”
And
they say
, `False,
declare,
we
pray
thee,
to us;'
and he
saith
, `Thus
and thus
spake
he unto
me,
saying,
Thus
said Jehovah
, I have
anointed
thee
for
king unto
Israel. '
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
! ”
And
they
haste
and
take
each his garment ,
and put `
it '
under him
at
the top
of
the stairs,
and blow
with
a
trumpet
, and
say,
`Reigned
hath
Jehu! '
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,
And
Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspireth
against Joram --
(and Joram
was
keeping
in
Ramoth-Gilead ,
he
and
all
Israel,
from
the
presence
of
Hazael king of Aram,
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. ”
and
king Joram turneth
back
to be
healed
in
Jezreel ,
of
the wounds with
which
the Aramaeans
smite
him,
in his
fighting
with
Hazael king of
Aram
) --
and
Jehu saith
, `
If it
is
your
mind
, let not
an
escaped
one
go
out
from the city ,
to go to
declare
`
it '
in Jezreel. '
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
.
And
Jehu rideth,
and goeth
to Jezreel, for
Joram is
lying
there ,
and Ahaziah king of Judah hath
gone down to see Joram
.
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? ’”
And
the watchman is
standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth
the
company
of
Jehu
in
his
coming
, and
saith,
`
A company I
see;'
and
Joram
saith,
`Take
a rider and
send to meet them ,
and let
him
say
, Is
there
peace? '
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
. ”
and
the
rider
on
the
horse
goeth
to meet him,
and saith
, `Thus
said
the king ,
Is
there
peace? '
and
Jehu
saith,
`
What --
to
thee
and
to
peace? turn
round
behind me. '
And the watchman declareth
, saying,
`
The messenger came
unto
them, and
he hath
not returned
. '
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. ”
And
he
sendeth
a second rider
on
a
horse
, and
he
cometh
in
unto
them ,
and saith
, `Thus
said
the king ,
Is
there
peace? '
and
Jehu
saith,
`
What --
to
thee
and
to
peace? turn
round
behind me. '
Again
the watchman reported
, “
He reached
them, but
he is
not coming
back.
And the charioteer
is
driving like Jehu son of Nimshi —
he is
driving
like
a
madman!”
And
the watchman declareth
, saying,
`
He came
unto
them, and
he hath
not returned,
and the driving `is'
like the
driving
of
Jehu son of Nimshi ,
for
with
madness
he driveth.'
“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.
And
Jehoram
saith
, `Harness;'
and his chariot is
harnessed,
and
Jehoram
king of Israel goeth
out,
and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they
go
out
to
meet
Jehu ,
and
find
him
in
the portion
of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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
? ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
Jehoram's
seeing
Jehu, that
he saith
, `Is
there
peace, Jehu? '
and
he saith
, `What
`is'
the peace,
while
the
whoredoms
of Jezebel thy
mother,
and
her
witchcrafts,
are
many
? '
Joram
turned
around
and fled
, calling
out
to
Ahaziah, “Treachery
, Ahaziah! ”
And Jehoram
turneth
his
hands
, and
fleeth,
and
saith
unto
Ahaziah, `Deceit
, O
Ahaziah! '
Then
Jehu drew
his bow and shot
Joram
between the
shoulders.
The arrow pierced
his heart, and he slumped
down in his chariot.
And
Jehu hath
filled
his hand
with
a
bow ,
and smiteth
Jehoram
between his
arms,
and
the arrow goeth
out
from
his heart, and he boweth
down in his chariot.
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
:
And `
Jehu '
saith
unto
Bidkar his captain
, `Lift
up ,
cast
him into the portion
of
the
field of Naboth the Jezreelite --
for ,
remember ,
I and
thou
were riding together after
Ahab
his father, and
Jehovah
lifted upon
him
this burden:
‘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
. ”
Have
I not
the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen
yesternight
--
the affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
yea
, I have
recompensed
to
thee
in
this portion
--
the
affirmation
of Jehovah;
--
and
now
, lift
up,
cast
him
into
the portion
, according to the word of Jehovah
. '
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 .
And
Ahaziah king
of Judah hath
seen
, and
fleeth
the way
of
the
garden
- house,
and Jehu pursueth
after
him, and
saith
, `Smite
him --
also
him
--
in the
chariot ,'
in
the going
up
to
Gur, that
`is'
Ibleam, and he fleeth
to Megiddo ,
and dieth
there ,
Then
his servants carried
him by
chariot to Jerusalem and buried
him with his fathers in
his
tomb
in the City of David.
and
his servants carry
him in
a
chariot to Jerusalem ,
and bury
him in
his
burying-place,
with his fathers ,
in the city of David.
(
In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab ,
Ahaziah had
become
king
over Judah. )
And
in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign
did
Ahaziah over Judah.
Now
when
Jehu arrived
in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of
it.
So
she
painted
her eyes ,
adorned
her head, and looked
down
from
a
window.
And
Jehu cometh
in to
Jezreel, and
Jezebel hath
heard ,
and
putteth
her eyes in
paint
and
maketh
right
her head, and looketh
out
through
the
window.
And as
Jehu entered
the gate, she asked
, “Have
you
come
in
peace ,
O
Zimri ,
murderer
of your
master
? ”
And Jehu hath
come
into
the gate, and
she saith
, `Was
there
peace `to'
Zimri --
slayer
of his
lord
? '
He looked
up at
the window and called
out
, “
Who is on
my
side
? Who? ”
And two or three eunuchs looked
down
at
him.
And
he lifteth
up his
face
unto
the window ,
and saith
, `
Who `
is '
with
me
? --
who? '
and look
out
unto
him
do
two `
or '
three eunuchs ;
“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
.
And
he
saith,
`Let
her go;'
and
they let
her go
, and `some'
of
her blood is
sprinkled
on the wall ,
and on the horses ,
and
he
treadeth
her down
.
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
. ”
And
he
cometh
in ,
and eateth,
and drinketh,
and
saith,
`Look
after,
I
pray
you,
this cursed one
, and bury her, for she `is'
a king's
daughter
. '
But
when
they went
out
to bury her, they
found nothing
but
her skull, her
feet, and the palms of her
hands.
And
they go
to bury her, and
have
not
found of
her except
the
skull, and
the
feet, and the palms of the
hands.
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 .
And
they turn
back ,
and declare
to
him
, and
he
saith
, `
The word of Jehovah
it
`is'
, that
He spake
by
the
hand
of
this
servant Elijah the Tishbite ,
saying,
In
the portion
of Jezreel do
the dogs eat
the flesh of Jezebel ,
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. ’”
and the
carcase
of
Jezebel
hath
been
as
dung on
the face
of
the
field in
the portion
of Jezreel, that they
say not,
This `
is '
Jezebel. '
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