New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Kings 9:2-14

2When you arrive there, then look there for 1Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and 2have him get up from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room. 3Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “3I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee, and do not wait.”

4So 4the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5When he arrived, behold, the commanders of the army were sitting, and he said, “I have a word for you, commander.” And Jehu said, “5For which one of us?” And he said, “For you, commander.” 6He then got up and went into the house, and the prophet’s servant poured the oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘6I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. 7And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, 7so that I may avenge 8the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, 9at the hand of Jezebel. 8For the entire house of Ahab shall perish, and 10I will eliminate from Ahab 11every male person 12both 13slave and free in Israel. 9 14I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 15like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 16The dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

11Now Jehu went out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “17Is everything well? Why did this 18crazy fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.” 12And they said, “It is a lie; tell us now.” And he said, “Such and such he said to me, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’” 13Then 19they hurried, and each man took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and 20blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!”

14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. 21Now Joram 22with all Israel was 23defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

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Notes

1. 2 Kings 9:2 1 Kin 19:16, 17; 2 Kin 9:14, 20 ↩
2. 2 Kings 9:2 2 Kin 9:5, 11 ↩
3. 2 Kings 9:3 2 Chr 22:7 ↩
4. 2 Kings 9:4 2 Kin 9:1 ↩
5. 2 Kings 9:5 Lit To whom of us all? ↩
6. 2 Kings 9:6 1 Sam 2:7, 8; 1 Kin 19:16; 2 Kin 9:3; 2 Chr 22:7 ↩
7. 2 Kings 9:7 Deut 32:35, 43 ↩
8. 2 Kings 9:7 1 Kin 18:4; 21:15, 21, 25 ↩
9. 2 Kings 9:7 2 Kin 9:32-37 ↩
10. 2 Kings 9:8 1 Kin 21:21; 2 Kin 10:17 ↩
11. 2 Kings 9:8 1 Sam 25:22 ↩
12. 2 Kings 9:8 Deut 32:36; 2 Kin 14:26 ↩
13. 2 Kings 9:8 Or child and adult ↩
14. 2 Kings 9:9 1 Kin 14:10, 11; 15:29 ↩
15. 2 Kings 9:9 1 Kin 16:3-5, 11, 12 ↩
16. 2 Kings 9:10 1 Kin 21:23; 2 Kin 9:35, 36 ↩
17. 2 Kings 9:11 2 Kin 9:17, 19, 22 ↩
18. 2 Kings 9:11 Jer 29:26; Hos 9:7; Mark 3:21 ↩
19. 2 Kings 9:13 Matt 21:7, 8; Mark 11:7, 8 ↩
20. 2 Kings 9:13 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kin 1:34, 39 ↩
21. 2 Kings 9:14 1 Kin 22:3; 2 Kin 8:28 ↩
22. 2 Kings 9:14 Lit he and ↩
23. 2 Kings 9:14 Lit protecting ↩

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