<vn='1'>And <sn="477">Elisha</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">children</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Gird <sn="2296">up</s> thy <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="6378">box</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s> in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="7433">Ramoth</s> -gilead: </v>
<vn='2'>And when thou <sn="935">comest</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, look <sn="7200">out</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5250">Nimshi</s>, and go <sn="935">in</s>, and make him arise <sn="6965">up</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="935">carry</s> him to an <sn="2315">inner</s><sn="2315">chamber</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="3947">take</s> the <sn="6378">box</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s>, and <sn="3332">pour</s> it <sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I have <sn="4886">anointed</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. Then <sn="6605">open</s> the <sn="1817">door</s>, and <sn="5127">flee</s>, and <sn="2442">tarry</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>So the young <sn="5288">man</s>, even the young <sn="5288">man</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7433">Ramoth</s> -gilead. </v>
<vn='5'>And when he <sn="935">came</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="2428">host</s> were <sn="3427">sitting</s>; and he <sn="559">said</s>, I have an <sn="1697">errand</s><sn="413">to</s> thee, O <sn="8269">captain</s>. And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="413">Unto</s><sn="4310">which</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> us? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="413">To</s> thee, O <sn="8269">captain</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s>; and he <sn="3332">poured</s> the <sn="8081">oil</s><sn="413">on</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, I have <sn="4886">anointed</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">over</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even <sn="413">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And thou shalt <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> thy <sn="113">master</s>, that I may <sn="5358">avenge</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> of my <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, and the <sn="1818">blood</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, at the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="348">Jezebel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>For the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>: and I will cut <sn="3772">off</s> from <sn="256">Ahab</s> him that <sn="8366">pisseth</s> against the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and him that is shut <sn="6113">up</s> and <sn="5800">left</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>And I will <sn="5414">make</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, and like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1201">Baasha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="281">Ahijah</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="3611">dogs</s> shall <sn="398">eat</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s> in the <sn="2506">portion</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, and there shall be <sn="369">none</s> to <sn="6912">bury</s> her. And he <sn="6605">opened</s> the <sn="1817">door</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="3058">Jehu</s> came <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> of his <sn="113">lord</s>: and one <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Is all <sn="7965">well</s>? <sn="4069">wherefore</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="7696">mad</s> fellow <sn="413">to</s> thee? And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="859">Ye</s><sn="3045">know</s> the <sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7879">communication</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, It is <sn="8267">false</s>; <sn="5046">tell</s> us <sn="4994">now</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2063">Thus</s> and <sn="2063">thus</s><sn="559">spoke</s> he <sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I have <sn="4886">anointed</s> thee <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then they <sn="4116">hasted</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="899">garment</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s> it <sn="8478">under</s> him <sn="413">on</s> the <sn="1634">top</s> of the <sn="4609">stairs</s>, and <sn="8628">blew</s> with <sn="7782">trumpets</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3058">Jehu</s> is <sn="4427">king</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So <sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5250">Nimshi</s><sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3141">Joram</s>. (Now <sn="3141">Joram</s><sn="1961">had</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="7433">Ramoth</s> -gilead, <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>But <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3088">Joram</s> was <sn="7725">returned</s> to be <sn="7495">healed</s> in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4347">wounds</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="761">Syrians</s> had <sn="5221">given</s> him, when he <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>.) And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">If</s> it <sn="3426">be</s> your <sn="5315">minds</s>, then let <sn="408">none</s> go <sn="3318">forth</s> nor <sn="6412">escape</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> to <sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="5046">tell</s> it in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>So <sn="3058">Jehu</s> rode in a <sn="7392">chariot</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3141">Joram</s><sn="7901">lay</s><sn="8033">there</s>. And <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> was come <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3141">Joram</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And there <sn="5975">stood</s> a <sn="6822">watchman</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="4026">tower</s> in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, and he <sn="7200">spied</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8229">company</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s> as he <sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="7200">see</s> a <sn="8229">company</s>. And <sn="3088">Joram</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> a <sn="7395">horseman</s>, and <sn="7971">send</s> to <sn="7122">meet</s> them, and let him <sn="559">say</s>, Is it <sn="7965">peace</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>So there <sn="1980">went</s> one on <sn="7392 5483">horseback</s> to <sn="7122">meet</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Is it <sn="7965">peace</s>? And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hast thou to do with <sn="7965">peace</s>? <sn="5437">turn</s> thee <sn="413 310">behind</s> me. And the <sn="6822">watchman</s><sn="5046">told</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="4397">messenger</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="1992">them</s>, but he cometh not <sn="7725 3808">again</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Then he sent <sn="7971">out</s> a <sn="8145">second</s> on <sn="7392 5483">horseback</s>, which <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> them, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Is it <sn="7965">peace</s>? And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> hast thou to do with <sn="7965">peace</s>? <sn="5437">turn</s> thee <sn="413 310">behind</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="6822">watchman</s><sn="5046">told</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, He <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">even</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, and cometh not <sn="7725 3808">again</s>: and the <sn="4491">driving</s> is like the <sn="4491">driving</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5250">Nimshi</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="5090">driveth</s><sn="7697">furiously</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3088">Joram</s><sn="559">said</s>, Make <sn="631">ready</s>. And his <sn="7393">chariot</s> was made <sn="631">ready</s>. And <sn="3088">Joram</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, <sn="376">each</s> in his <sn="7393">chariot</s>, and they went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7122">against</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s>, and <sn="4672">met</s> him in the <sn="2513">portion</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="3088">Joram</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3058">Jehu</s>, that he <sn="559">said</s>, Is it <sn="7965">peace</s>, <sn="3058">Jehu</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="7965">peace</s>, so long <sn="5704">as</s> the <sn="2183">whoredoms</s> of thy <sn="517">mother</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s> and her <sn="3785">witchcrafts</s> are so <sn="7227">many</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="3088">Joram</s><sn="2015">turned</s> his <sn="3027">hands</s>, and <sn="5127">fled</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, There is <sn="4820">treachery</s>, O <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s> drew a <sn="7198">bow</s> with his <sn="4390">full</s><sn="3027">strength</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="996">between</s> his <sn="2220">arms</s>, and the <sn="2678">arrow</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> at his <sn="4480 3820">heart</s>, and he sunk <sn="3766">down</s> in his <sn="7393">chariot</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Then <sn="559">said</s> Jehu <sn="413">to</s><sn="920">Bidkar</s> his <sn="7991">captain</s>, Take <sn="5375">up</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> him in the <sn="2513">portion</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s> the <sn="3158">Jezreelite</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2142">remember</s> how that, when <sn="589">I</s> and <sn="859">thou</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7392">rode</s><sn="6776">together</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="256">Ahab</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5375">laid</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4853">burden</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him; </v>
<vn='26'><sn="518 3808">Surely</s> I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="570">yesterday</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> of <sn="5022">Naboth</s>, and the <sn="1818">blood</s> of his <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and I will <sn="7999">requite</s> thee in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="2513">plat</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. <sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="5375">take</s> and <sn="7993">cast</s> him into the <sn="2513">plat</s> of ground, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>But when <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7200">saw</s> this, he <sn="5127">fled</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="1588">garden</s><sn="1004">house</s>. And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="7291">followed</s><sn="310">after</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5221">Smite</s> him <sn="1571">also</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="4818">chariot</s>. And they did so at the going <sn="4608">up</s> to <sn="1483">Gur</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="854">by</s><sn="2991">Ibleam</s>. And he <sn="5127">fled</s> to <sn="4023">Megiddo</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And his <sn="5650">servants</s> carried him in a <sn="7392 *853">chariot</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s> him in his <sn="6900">sepulcher</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And in the <sn="259 6240">eleventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3141">Joram</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> began <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And when <sn="3058">Jehu</s> was <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of it; and she <sn="7760 6320">painted</s> her <sn="5869">face</s>, and <sn="3190">tired</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="7218">head</s>, and looked <sn="8259">out</s><sn="1157">at</s> a <sn="2474">window</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And as <sn="3058">Jehu</s> entered <sn="935">in</s> at the <sn="8179">gate</s>, she <sn="559">said</s>, Had <sn="2174">Zimri</s><sn="7965">peace</s>, who <sn="2026">slew</s> his <sn="113">master</s>? </v>
<vn='32'>And he lifted <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2474">window</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is on my <sn="854">side</s>? <sn="4310">who</s>? And there looked <sn="8259">out</s><sn="413">to</s> him <sn="8147">two</s> or <sn="7969">three</s><sn="5631">eunuchs</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Throw her <sn="8058">down</s>. So they threw her <sn="8058">down</s>: and some of her <sn="4480 1818">blood</s> was <sn="5137">sprinkled</s><sn="413">on</s> the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and <sn="413">on</s> the <sn="5483">horses</s>: and he trod her under <sn="7429">foot</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And when he was come <sn="935">in</s>, he did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Go, <sn="6485">see</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="779">cursed</s> woman, and <sn="6912">bury</s> her: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">she</s> is a <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And they <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="6912">bury</s> her: but they <sn="4672">found</s> no <sn="3808">more</s> of her <sn="3588 518">than</s> the <sn="1538">skull</s>, and the <sn="7272">feet</s>, and the <sn="3709">palms</s> of her <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>Wherefore they came <sn="7725">again</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">This</s> is the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, In the <sn="2506">portion</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s> shall <sn="3611">dogs</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1320">flesh</s> of <sn="348">Jezebel</s>: </v>
<vn='37'>And the <sn="5038">carcass</s> of <sn="348">Jezebel</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="1828">dung</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> in the <sn="2506">portion</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>; so <sn="834">that</s> they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2063">This</s> is <sn="348">Jezebel</s>. </v>