Jehu is Anointed as King Over Israel |
2 Kings 9:1-37 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
The prophet, Elisha, called on one of the children of the prophets & said to him, [strap a belt around your waist] & take this box of oil in your hand & go to Ramoth Gilead. |
When you [get there,] look for Jehu [the grandson of Jehoshaphat who] was [Nimshi's] son. Go in & make him [stand up & leave from] his brethren & [take] him to an inner [room]. |
Then, take the box of oil & pour it on his head & say, The Lord has said [this,] I, [the Lord God,] have anointed you [to be the] king over Israel. Then, don't [wait,] open the door & flee. |
So, the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. When he came, [he saw] the captains of the [army] were sitting & he said, I have an errand [for] you, O captain. Jehu [asked,] To which of us? [The young prophet said,] To you, O captain. |
[Jehu] arose & went into the house & [the prophet] poured the oil on [Jehu's] head & said to him, The Lord God of Israel says [this,] I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. |
You shall [destroy] the house of Ahab, your master, [so] I may avenge the blood of My servants & prophets & the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at [Jezebel's hand,] [who had more than 100 prophets slaughtered]. |
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish [in addition to all his bloodshed, also for all his wickedness of worshiping false gods & pagan rituals] & I will cut off all [the males] of Ahab & [those of his who are] shut up & left in Israel. |
I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam [who made 2 gold calves & told the Israelites to worship them as their god instead of going back to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord God,] [& was Nebat's] son & like the house of Baasha, [who also worshiped false gods,] [& was Ahijah's] son. |
The dogs shall eat Jezebel in Jezreel & there shall be [no one] to bury her. [Then, the young prophet] opened the door & fled. Then, Jehu came out to the servants of his lord & [someone] said, Is all well? |
[Why did this crazy man] come to you? [Jehu] said to them, You know the man & [the type of things he says]. They said, It's a lie. Tell us now. |
[Jehu] said, He spoke [this & that] to me & [said,] The Lord said [this,] I have anointed you king over Israel. They hurried & laid out their [clothing] on the top of the stairs [like a red carpet] & blew their trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. |
So, Jehu, the [grandson] of Jehoshaphat, [who was] the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram, [Ahab's son,] (Now, Joram had kept Ramoth Gilead, he & all Israel, because of Hazael, [Syria's] king. |
But king Joram, [a.k.a. Jehoram, had] returned to be healed in Jezreel [from] the wounds the Syrians had given him when he had fought with Hazael, [Syria's] king.) |
Jehu said, Don't let it even cross your mind [to] let [anyone] go [out or] escape out of the city, to go & tell it in Jezreel. So, Jehu rode a chariot & went to Jezreel; for [Joram, Ahab's son] lay there [wounded]. |
Ahaziah, [Judah's] king, came down to see Joram, [his uncle]. There stood a [guard] on the tower in Jezreel & he spied the company with Jehu, as he came. [The guard] said, I see a company. |
Joram said, Send a horseman to meet him & say, Is it [that you come in] peace? The [guard] told them, The messenger [went] to them, but didn't come [back] again. |
Then, he sent a 2nd [messenger] on horseback to them & said, [Are you coming] in peace? Jehu answered, What do [you have] to do with peace? [Join with me]. The [guard] said, [The messenger] went to them & didn't [return]. |
The [person] driving [looks] like the driving of Jehu, [Nimshi's] son, for he drives furiously. Joram said, [Get my] chariot ready [& they did]. Joram, [Israel's] king & Ahaziah, [Judah's] king, each went out in his [own] chariot against Jehu. |
[They] met him in the [land] of Naboth, the Jezreelite [who had owned this plot of land, but king Ahab wanted it & Naboth wouldn't give his inheritance to Ahab & Jezebel made a deceitful plot & had Naboth killed, so Ahab could have the plot for his garden]. |
It [happened] when Joram saw Jehu, he said, Is it peace, Jehu? [Jehu] answered, What peace [is there] as long as there are so many [unfaithful harlotries] of your mother, Jezebel, [& her many witchcrafts]? |
Joram turned & fled & said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treachery. Jehu drew a bow with his full strength & [struck] Joram [a.k.a. Jehoram, between the shoulders] & the arrow went out [by] his heart & he sank down in his chariot. |
Then, Jehu said to Bidkar, his captain, Take up [the corpse] & [throw] him into the portion of Naboth's field, the Jezreelite. |
Remember how you & I rode together after Ahab, his father, [when] the Lord [spoke this prophecy against Ahab,] The Lord says, Surely, I [saw] yesterday the blood of Naboth & the blood of his sons & I will [repay] you in this [property]. |
Therefore, now [throw] him into this [plot] of ground, according to the word of the Lord. But when Ahaziah, [Judah's] king, saw this, he fled by the [road] of the garden house. |
Jehu followed after [Ahaziah] & said, [Shoot] him in the chariot. They did so, [on the way up to] Gur, by Ibleam. [Ahaziah] fled to Migiddo & died there. His servants carried [Ahaziah] in a chariot to Jerusalem & buried him in his [tomb] with his [forefathers] in the city of David. |
In the 11th year of Joram, [Ahab's grandson, ruled,] Ahaziah began to [rule] over Judah. When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it & painted her face & [adorned] her head & looked out a window. |
As Juhu entered at the gate, [Jezabel] said, [Do you come in] peace, Zimri, [who has slain] his master? [Jehu looked] up to the window & said, Who is on my side? Who? 2 or 3 [officials] looked [down to Jehu]. [Jehu] said, Throw her down [& they did]. |
Some of [Jezebel's] blood sprinkled on the wall & on the horses & [Jehu trampled] her under foot. When [Jehu] came in, he [ate & drank] & said, Go & see now, this cursed woman & bury her; for she is a king's daughter. They went to bury her; but they [only] found her skull, feet & the palms of her hands. |
They [went back] & told [Jehu]. He said, This is the word of the Lord, [that] He spoke by his servant, Elijah, the Tishbite. |
Saying, in [Naboth's plot in] Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel [since she killed many of the Lord's prophets, worshiped idols & did witchcraft]. The [corpse] of Jezebel shall [be like human fertilizer on top of] the field, in [the plot in] Jezreel, so they won't [be able to] say, Jezebel [lies] here. |