2 Kings 9
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2 Kings 9:11-15

11When JehuH3058 went outH3318 toH413 the servantsH5650 of his masterH113, they askedH559, “Is everything all rightH7965? WhyH4069 did thisH2088 madmanH7696 comeH935 to youH413?”

“YouH859 knowH3045 his kindH376 and their babbleH7879,” he repliedH559H413.

12“That is a lieH8267!” they saidH559. “TellH5046 us nowH4994!”

So Jehu answeredH559, “He talkedH559 to meH413 about thisH2063 and thatH2063, sayingH559, ‘This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559: I anointH4886 you kingH4428 overH413 IsraelH3478.’”

13QuicklyH4116, each manH376 tookH3947 his garmentH899 and putH7760 it underH8478 Jehu onH413 the bareH1634 stepsH4609. Then they blewH8628 the ram’s hornH7782 and proclaimedH559, “JehuH3058 is kingH4427!”

14Thus JehuH3058 sonH1121 of JehoshaphatH3092, the sonH1121 of NimshiH5250, conspiredH7194 againstH413 JoramH3141.

(Now JoramH3141 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 had beenH1961 defendingH8104 Ramoth-gileadH7418H1568 againstH6440 HazaelH2371 kingH4428 of AramH758, 15but KingH4428 JoramH30881 had returnedH7725 to JezreelH3157 to recoverH7495 fromH4480 the woundsH4347 he had sufferedH5221 at the hands of the ArameansH761 in the battleH3898 againstH854 HazaelH2371 their kingH4428H758.)

So JehuH3058 saidH559, “IfH518H3426 you commanders wish to make me kingH5315, then do notH408 let anyoneH3318 escapeH6412 fromH4480 the cityH5892 to goH1980 and tellH5046 it in JezreelH3157.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 9:15 Or Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 17, 21, 22, 23, and 24 ↩

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