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Jehu
Reigns over Israel |
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| 2 Kings 9:1 |
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Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons
of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil
in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead. |
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| 2 Kings 9:2 |
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When you arrive there, search out Jehu the son
of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers,
and bring him to an inner room. |
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| 2 Kings 9:3 |
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Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his
head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then
open the door and flee and do not wait." |
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| 2 Kings 9:4 |
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So the young man, the servant of the prophet,
went to Ramoth-gilead. |
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| 2 Kings 9:5 |
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When he came, behold, the captains of the army
were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." And Jehu said,
"For which one of us?" And he said, "For you, O captain." |
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| 2 Kings 9:6 |
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He arose and went into the house, and he poured
the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I
have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 9:7 |
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You shall strike the house of Ahab your master,
that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all
the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. |
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| 2 Kings 9:8 |
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For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and
I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 9:9 |
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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. |
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| 2 Kings 9:10 |
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The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory
of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" Then he opened the door and fled. |
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| 2 Kings 9:11 |
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Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master,
and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he
said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." |
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| 2 Kings 9:12 |
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They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." And he
said, "Thus and thus he said to me, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you
king over Israel."'" |
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| 2 Kings 9:13 |
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Then they hurried and each man took his garment
and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu
is king!" |
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Jehoram
(Joram) Is Assassinated |
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| 2 Kings 9:14 |
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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
conspired against Joram. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead
against Hazael king of Aram, |
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| 2 Kings 9:15 |
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but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be
healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with
Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape
or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." |
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| 2 Kings 9:16 |
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Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel,
for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. |
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| 2 Kings 9:17 |
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Now the watchman was standing on the tower in
Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company."
And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is
it peace?'" |
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| 2 Kings 9:18 |
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So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus
says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace?
Turn behind me." And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he
did not return." |
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| 2 Kings 9:19 |
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Then he sent out a second horseman, who came
to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What
have you to do with peace? Turn behind me." |
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| 2 Kings 9:20 |
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The watchman reported, "He came even to them,
and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of
Nimshi, for he drives furiously." |
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| 2 Kings 9:21 |
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Then Joram said, "Get ready." And they made
his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each
in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of
Naboth the Jezreelite. |
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| 2 Kings 9:22 |
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When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace,
Jehu?" And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" |
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| 2 Kings 9:23 |
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So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah,
" There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" |
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| 2 Kings 9:24 |
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And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength
and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank
in his chariot. |
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| 2 Kings 9:25 |
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Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Take
him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for
I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the
LORD laid this oracle against him: |
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| 2 Kings 9:26 |
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'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth
and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD, 'and I will repay you in this tproperty,'
says the LORD. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the
word of the LORD." |
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Jehu
Assassinates Ahaziah |
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| 2 Kings 9:27 |
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When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he
fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him
too, in the chariot." So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam.
But he fled to Megiddo and died there. |
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| 2 Kings 9:28 |
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Then his servants carried him in a chariot to
Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David. |
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| 2 Kings 9:29 |
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Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of
Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. |
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| 2 Kings 9:30 |
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When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of
it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. |
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| 2 Kings 9:31 |
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As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it well,
Zimri, your master's murderer?" |
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| 2 Kings 9:32 |
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Then he lifted up his face to the window and
said, "Who is on my side? Who?" And two or three officials looked down at him. |
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Jezebel
Is Slain |
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| 2 Kings 9:33 |
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He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her
down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he
trampled her under foot. |
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| 2 Kings 9:34 |
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When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said,
"See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter." |
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| 2 Kings 9:35 |
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They went to bury her, but they found nothing
more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. |
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| 2 Kings 9:36 |
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Therefore they returned and told him. And he
said, "This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of
Jezebel; |
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| 2 Kings 9:37 |
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and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on
the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, "This is
Jezebel."'" |
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