2 Kings 9 (NET)

2 Kings 9:1¹Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:2²When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:3³Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord has said, “I have designated you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:4⁴So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:5⁵When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” He replied, “For you, O officer.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:6⁶So Jehu got up and went inside. Then the prophet poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord ’s people Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:7⁷You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord ’s servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:8⁸Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:9⁹I will make Ahab’s dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:10¹⁰Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” Then he opened the door and ran away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:11¹¹When Jehu rejoined his master’s servants, they asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?” He replied, “Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:12¹²But they said, “You’re lying! Tell us what he said.” So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I have designated you as king over Israel.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:13¹³Each of them quickly took off his cloak, and they spread them out at Jehu’s feet on the steps. The trumpet was blown and they shouted, “Jehu is king!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:14¹⁴Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:15¹⁵But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, “If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:16¹⁶Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:17¹⁷Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said, “I see troops!” Joram ordered, “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:18¹⁸So the horseman went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:19¹⁹So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:20²⁰The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:21²¹Joram ordered, “Hitch up my chariot.” When his chariot had been hitched up, King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:22²²When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:23²³Joram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:24²⁴Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Joram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:25²⁵Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father, Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this oracle against him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:26²⁶‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as in the Lord ’s message.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:27²⁷When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, “Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:28²⁸His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the City of David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:29²⁹Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:30³⁰Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:31³¹When Jehu came through the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:32³²He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:33³³He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:34³⁴He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:35³⁵But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:36³⁶So they went back and told him. Then he said, “It is the fulfillment of the Lord ’s message that he had spoken through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 9:37³⁷Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s