Dual Panel1Now Elisha <0477> the prophet <05030> summoned <07121> a <0259> member <01121> of the prophetic guild <05030> and told <0559> him, “Tuck <02296> your robes into your belt <04975>, take <03947> this <02088> container <06378> of olive oil <08081> in your hand <03027>, and go <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>.
2When you arrive <0935> there <08033>, look <07200> for Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> and take <0935> him aside <08432> into an inner room <02315>.
3Take <03947> the container <06378> of olive oil <08081>, pour <03332> it over <05921> his head <07218>, and say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, “I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> Israel <03478>.”’ Then open <06605> the door <01817> and run away <05127> quickly <02442> <03808>!”
4So the young <05288> <05288> prophet <05030> went <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>.
5When he arrived <0935>, the officers <08269> of the army <02428> were sitting <03427> there. So he said <0559>, “I have a message <01697> for <0413> you, O officer <08269>.” Jehu <03058> asked <0559>, “For <0413> which <04310> one of us <03605>?” He replied <0559>, “For <0413> you, O officer <08269>.”
6So Jehu got up <06965> and went <0935> inside <01004>. Then the prophet poured <03332> the olive oil <08081> on <0413> his head <07218> and said <0559> to him, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>, ‘I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> the Lord’s <03068> people <05971> Israel <03478>.
7You will destroy <05221> the family <01004> of your master <0113> Ahab <0256>. I will get revenge <05358> against <03027> Jezebel <0348> for the shed blood <01818> of my servants <05650> the prophets <05030> and for the shed blood <01818> of all <03605> the Lord’s <03068> servants <05650>.
8Ahab’s <0256> entire <03605> family <01004> will die <06>. I will cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Ahab <0256> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>.
9I will make <05414> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> like those <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and Baasha <01201> son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>.
10Dogs <03611> will devour <0398> Jezebel <0348> on the plot of ground <02506> in Jezreel <03157>; she will not <0369> be buried <06912>.’” Then he opened <06605> the door <01817> and ran away <05127>.
11When Jehu <03058> rejoined <0413> <03318> his master’s <0113> servants <05650>, they asked <0559> him, “Is everything <07965> all right? Why <04069> did this <02088> madman <07696> visit <0413> you?” He replied <0559>, “Ah, it’s not important. You <0859> know <03045> what kind of man <0376> he is and the kinds of things <07879> he says <07879>.”
12But they said <0559>, “You’re lying <08267>! Tell <05046> us what he said <0559>.” So he told them what he had said <0559>. He also related how he had said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> Israel <03478>.’”
13Each <0376> of them quickly <04116> took <03947> off his cloak <0899> and they spread <07760> them out <08478> at Jehu’s feet <01634> on the steps <04609>. The trumpet <07782> was blown <08628> and they shouted <0559>, “Jehu <03058> is king <04427>!”
14Then Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> conspired <07194> against <0413> Joram <03141>. Now Joram <03141> had been <01961> in Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> with the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> army, guarding <08104> against <06440> an invasion <01931> by King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>.
15But King <04428> Joram <03088> had returned <07725> to Jezreel <03157> to recover <07495> from <04480> the wounds <04347> he received <05221> from the Syrians <0761> when he fought <03898> against <0854> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. Jehu <03058> told <0559> his supporters, “If <0518> you really want me to be king, then don’t <0408> let anyone escape <06412> from <04480> the city <05892> to go <01980> and warn <05046> Jezreel <03157>.”
16Jehu <03058> drove <01980> <07392> his chariot to Jezreel <03157>, for <03588> Joram <03141> was recuperating <07901> there <08033>. (Now King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> of Judah <03063> had come down <03381> to visit <07200> Joram <03141>.)
17Now the watchman <06822> was standing <05975> on <05921> the tower <04026> in Jezreel <03157> and saw <07200> Jehu’s <03058> troops <08229> approaching <0935>. He said <0559>, “I <0589> see <07200> troops <08229>!” Jehoram <03088> ordered <0559>, “Send <07971> a rider <07395> out to meet <07125> them and have him ask <0559>, ‘Is everything <07965> all right?’”
18So <01980> the horseman <05483> <07392> went to meet <07125> him and said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the king <04428> says <0559>, ‘Is everything all right <07965>?’” Jehu <03058> replied <0559>, “None of your business <05437> <07965> <04100>! Follow <0310> me.” The watchman <06822> reported <05046>, “The messenger <04397> reached <0935> them <01992>, but hasn’t <03808> started back <07725>.”
19So he sent <07971> a second <08145> horseman <05483> <07392> out <0935> to <0413> them and he said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the king <04428> says <0559>, ‘Is everything all right <07965>?’” Jehu <03058> replied <0559>, “None of your business <05437> <07965> <04100>! Follow <0310> me.”
20The watchman <06822> reported <05046>, “He reached <0935> them, but hasn’t <03808> started back <07725>. The one who drives <04491> the lead chariot drives <04491> like Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250>; he drives <05090> recklessly <07697>.”
21Jehoram <03088> ordered <0559>, “Hitch up <0631> my chariot <07393>.” When his chariot had been hitched up <0631>, King <04428> Jehoram <03088> of Israel <03478> and King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> of Judah <03063> went out <03318> in their respective <0376> chariots <07393> to meet <07125> Jehu <03058>. They met up <04672> with him in the plot of land <02513> that had once belonged to Naboth <05022> of Jezreel <03158>.
22When <01961> Jehoram <03088> saw <07200> Jehu <03058>, he asked <0559>, “Is everything all right <07965>, Jehu <03058>?” He replied <0559>, “How <04100> can everything be all right <07965> as long as <05704> your mother <0517> Jezebel <0348> promotes idolatry <02183> and pagan practices <07227> <03785>?”
23Jehoram <03088> turned <03027> <02015> his chariot around <03027> <02015> and took off <05127>. He said <0559> to <0413> Ahaziah <0274>, “It’s a trap <04820>, Ahaziah <0274>!”
24Jehu <03058> aimed <04390> his bow <07198> and shot <05221> an arrow right between <0996> Jehoram’s <03088> shoulders <02220>. The arrow <02678> went through <03318> his heart <03820> and he fell to <03766> his knees <03766> in his chariot <07393>.
25Jehu ordered <0413> <0559> his officer <07991> Bidkar <0920>, “Pick <05375> him up <05375> and throw <07993> him into the part <02513> of the field <07704> that <03588> once belonged to Naboth <05022> of Jezreel <03158>. Remember <02142>, you <0859> and I <0589> were riding <07392> together <06776> behind <0310> his father <01> Ahab <0256>, when the Lord <03069> pronounced <05375> this <02088> judgment <04853> on <05921> him,
26_’"Know for sure <03808> <0518> that I saw <07200> the shed blood <01818> of Naboth <05022> and his sons <01121> yesterday <0570>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “and that I will give <07999> you what <07999> you deserve <07999> right here in this <02063> plot <02513> of land,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.’ So now <06258> pick <05375> him up <05375> and throw <07993> him into this plot <02513> of land, just as the Lord <03068> said <01697>.”
27When King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> of Judah <03063> saw <07200> what happened, he took off <05127> up the road <01870> to Beth <01004> Haggan <01588>. Jehu <03058> chased <07291> him and ordered <0559>, “Shoot <05221> him too <01571>.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot <04818> up the ascent <04608> of Gur <01483> near Ibleam <02991>. He fled <05127> to Megiddo <04023> and died <04191> there <08033>.
28His servants <05650> took <07392> his body back <07392> to Jerusalem <03389> and buried <06912> him in his tomb <06900> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>.
29Ahaziah <0274> had become king <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063> in the eleventh <06240> <0259> <08141> year <08141> of Joram <03141> son <01121> of Ahab <0256>.
30Jehu <03058> approached <0935> Jezreel <03157>. When Jezebel <0348> heard <08085> the news, she put <07760> on some eye <05869> liner <06320>, fixed up <03190> her hair <07218>, and leaned <08259> out <01157> the window <02474>.
31When Jehu <03058> came <0935> through the gate <08179>, she said <0559>, “Is everything all right <07965>, Zimri <02174>, murderer <02026> of his master <0113>?”
32He looked up <05375> at <0413> the window <02474> and said <0559>, “Who <04310> is on <0854> my side <0854>? Who <04310>?” Two <08147> or three <07969> eunuchs <05631> looked down <08259> at <0413> him.
33He said <0559>, “Throw <08058> her down <08058>!” So they threw <08058> her down <08058>, and when she hit the ground, her blood <01818> splattered <05137> against <0413> the wall <07023> and the horses <05483>, and Jehu drove <07429> his chariot over <07429> her.
34He went <0935> inside and had a meal <08354> <0398>. Then he said <0559>, “Dispose <06485> of this <02063> accursed <0779> woman’s corpse. Bury <06912> her, for <03588> after all, she <01931> was a king’s <04428> daughter <01323>.”
35But when they went <01980> to bury <06912> her, they found <04672> nothing <03808> left but <0518> <03588> the skull <01538>, feet <07272>, and palms <03709> of the hands <03027>.
36When they went back <07725> and told <05046> him, he said <0559>, “The Lord’s <03068> word <01697> through <03027> his servant <05650>, Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, has come to pass. He warned <0559>, ‘In the plot of land <02506> at Jezreel <03157>, dogs <03611> will devour <0398> Jezebel’s <0348> flesh <01320>.
37Jezebel’s <0348> corpse <05038> will be <01961> like manure <01828> on <05921> the surface <06440> of the ground <07704> in the plot of land <02506> at Jezreel <03157>. People will not <03808> be able to even recognize <0559> her <0348>.’”