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2 Kings 9
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| 9:1
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and
said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand,
and go to Ramothgilead: |
 (9:1-10)
Elisha sends a prophet to find Jehu, make him king, and send him on a mission from God to murder Ahab's family.
 (9:1) "Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and
said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil."
You know you're in for some big-time prophet action when Elisha tells you to grab some oil and gird your loins!
Gird up thy loins
 (9:2) "Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi"
Was Jehu Nimshi's son or grandson?
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| 9:2
And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the
son of Nimshi,
and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to
an inner chamber;
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| 9:3
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the
LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee,
and tarry not.
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| 9:4
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
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| 9:5
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he
said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all
us? And he said, To thee, O captain. |
(9:6-7) "Thus saith the LORD God ... thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy 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."
 (9:8) "For the whole house of
Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall."
(9:9) "I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam ... Baasha."
God will kill Ahab's family just like he did the families of
Jeroboam and
Baasha.
(9:10) "And the dogs shall eat Jezebel ... and there shall be none to bury her."
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| 9:6
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head,
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee
king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
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| 9:7
And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy 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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| 9:8
For the whole house of
Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
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| 9:9
And 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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| 9:10
And the dogs shall eat
Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he
opened the door, and fled.
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| 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him,
Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them,
Ye know the man, and his communication. |
(9:11) "Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?"
One of Jehu's officers called Elisha a madman (which, of course, he was).
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| 9:12
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake
he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over
Israel. |
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| 9:13
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on
the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. |
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| 9:14
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
(Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king
of Syria. |
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| 9:15
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And
Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the
city to go to tell it in Jezreel. |
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| 9:16
So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. |
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| 9:17
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take
an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? |
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| 9:18
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king,
Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee
behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he
cometh not again. |
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| 9:19
Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus
saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with
peace? turn thee behind me. |
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And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he
driveth furiously. |
"He driveth furiously."
Jehu is the patron saint of reckless drivers.
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| 9:21
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king
of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they
went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. |
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| 9:22
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel
and her witchcrafts are so many? |
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| 9:23
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah. |
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| 9:24
And Jehu drew a bow
with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow
went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. |
(9:24-25)
God pays back Ahab by killing his son.
God's 105th Killing
(9:24) "Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow
went out at his heart."
(9:25) "Then Jehu said ... cast him in the portion
of the field of Naboth ... for ... the LORD laid this burden upon
him."
(9:26) "I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his
sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD.
Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the
word of the LORD."
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| 9:25
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion
of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and
thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon
him;
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Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his
sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD.
Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the
word of the LORD.
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| 9:27
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the
garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he
fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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| 9:28
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in
his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. |
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| 9:29
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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(9:29)
"And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign."
When did Ahaziah begin to reign?
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| 9:30
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted
her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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| 9:31
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew
his master? |
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| 9:32
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who?
And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. |
 (9:32) "Who is on my side? who?
And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs"
Strange Flesh: Eunuchs on Jehu's side
(9:33-37)
God has Jezebel thrown off a wall. Her
blood is sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, by which she is trampled. Her
body is eaten by dogs and all that remains of it is her hands, feet, and skull.
(Jehu was just following God's orders here. See 1Kg 9:10)
God's 106th Killing
(9:33) "Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall,
and on the horses: and he trode her under foot."
(9:35) "And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands."
(9:36) "This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel."
(9:37) "And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field."
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| 9:33
And 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 trode her under foot.
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| 9:34
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and
bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
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And they went to bury
her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the
palms of her hands.
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Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the
LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the
portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
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| 9:37
And the carcase of
Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of
Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
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