2 Kings 9 (NET)

2 Kings 9:1¹Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:12 Kgs 4:291 Kgs 1:391 Sam 16:12 Kgs 8:28-291 Pet 1:132 Kgs 2:3Deut 4:1Luke 12:35-371 Kgs 18:46

2 Kings 9:2²When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:112 Kgs 9:142 Kgs 9:51 Kgs 19:16-171 Kgs 20:301 Kgs 22:252 Kgs 9:20

2 Kings 9:3³Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord has said, “I have designated you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:161 Sam 15:11 Sam 15:171 Sam 16:12-131 Sam 16:21 Sam 9:162 Chr 22:72 Kgs 8:13Dan 2:1Dan 4:35

2 Kings 9:4⁴So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 9:5⁵When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” He replied, “For you, O officer.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 3:19

2 Kings 9:6⁶So Jehu got up and went inside. Then the prophet poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel has said, ‘I have designated you as king over the Lord ’s people Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:162 Chr 22:72 Kgs 9:31 Kgs 1:341 Kgs 10:91 Kgs 14:71 Kgs 16:21 Kgs 3:8Acts 23:18-19Dan 2:21

2 Kings 9:7⁷You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord ’s servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 21:15Deut 32:431 Kgs 21:211 Kgs 21:252 Kgs 9:32-37Deut 32:35Heb 10:30Luke 18:7-8Matt 23:35

2 Kings 9:8⁸Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:22Deut 32:362 Kgs 14:262 Kgs 10:171 Kgs 14:10-111 Kgs 21:21-22

2 Kings 9:9⁹I will make Ahab’s dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 15:291 Kgs 21:221 Kgs 14:10-111 Kgs 16:11-121 Kgs 16:3-5

2 Kings 9:10¹⁰Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” Then he opened the door and ran away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:232 Kgs 9:35-362 Kgs 9:3Jer 22:19Judg 3:26

2 Kings 9:11¹¹When Jehu rejoined his master’s servants, they asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?” He replied, “Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:26Acts 26:24Hos 9:7John 10:202 Kgs 5:212 Kgs 9:172 Kgs 9:192 Kgs 9:22Mark 3:211 Cor 4:10

2 Kings 9:12¹²But they said, “You’re lying! Tell us what he said.” So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I have designated you as king over Israel.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 9:13¹³Each of them quickly took off his cloak, and they spread them out at Jehu’s feet on the steps. The trumpet was blown and they shouted, “Jehu is king!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 1:341 Kgs 1:39Mark 11:7-82 Sam 15:10Matt 21:7-8Ps 47:5-7Ps 98:6

2 Kings 9:14¹⁴Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 8:281 Kgs 22:31 Kgs 15:271 Kgs 16:161 Kgs 16:71 Kgs 16:92 Kgs 10:92 Kgs 15:302 Kgs 8:12-152 Kgs 9:31

2 Kings 9:15¹⁵But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, “If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 8:291 Sam 27:9-112 Chr 22:6

2 Kings 9:16¹⁶Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 22:6-72 Kgs 8:28-29

2 Kings 9:17¹⁷Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said, “I see troops!” Joram ordered, “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:41 Kgs 2:151 Sam 17:222 Kgs 7:142 Kgs 9:192 Sam 13:342 Sam 18:24Acts 20:26-31Ezek 33:2-9Isa 21:11-12

2 Kings 9:18¹⁸So the horseman went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 9:192 Kgs 9:22Isa 48:22Isa 59:8Jer 16:5Rom 3:17

2 Kings 9:19¹⁹So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied, “None of your business! Follow me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 9:20²⁰The watchman reported, “He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 18:271 Kgs 19:172 Kgs 10:16Dan 11:44Eccl 9:10Hab 1:6Hab 3:12Isa 54:16

2 Kings 9:21²¹Joram ordered, “Hitch up my chariot.” When his chariot had been hitched up, King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:1-72 Chr 22:71 Kgs 20:141 Kgs 21:15-192 Kgs 9:25-26Mic 1:13Num 20:14

2 Kings 9:22²²When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:13Nah 3:41 Kgs 16:30-331 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 19:1-21 Kgs 21:251 Kgs 21:8-10Isa 57:19-21Rev 18:23Rev 18:3

2 Kings 9:23²³Joram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 11:142 Chr 23:13

2 Kings 9:24²⁴Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Joram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:341 Thess 5:3Eccl 8:12-13Job 20:23-25Prov 21:30Ps 50:22

2 Kings 9:25²⁵Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father, Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this oracle against him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:191 Kgs 21:24-29Isa 13:1Jer 23:33-38Mal 1:1Matt 11:30Nah 1:1

2 Kings 9:26²⁶‘“Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday,” says the Lord, “and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land,” says the Lord.’ So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as in the Lord ’s message.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:192 Chr 24:252 Chr 25:4Deut 24:16Deut 5:9Exod 20:5Ezek 18:19

2 Kings 9:27²⁷When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, “Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 1:27Josh 17:111 Kgs 21:21 Kgs 4:122 Chr 22:7-92 Cor 6:172 Kgs 23:29-302 Kgs 8:29Judg 5:19Num 16:26

2 Kings 9:28²⁸His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the City of David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:242 Kgs 23:302 Chr 25:282 Kgs 12:212 Kgs 14:19-202 Kgs 23:20

2 Kings 9:29²⁹Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:18-192 Chr 22:1-22 Kgs 8:162 Kgs 8:24-25

2 Kings 9:30³⁰Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:30Ezek 23:40Ezek 24:171 Kgs 19:1-21 Pet 3:31 Tim 2:9-10Isa 3:18-24

2 Kings 9:31³¹When Jehu came through the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:9-20

2 Kings 9:32³²He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 12:182 Chr 11:12Acts 12:20Esth 1:10Esth 2:15Esth 2:21Exod 32:26Ps 118:6Ps 124:1-2

2 Kings 9:33³³He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 7:101 Kgs 21:112 Kgs 7:202 Kgs 9:26Heb 10:29Isa 25:10Lam 1:15Mal 4:3Matt 5:13

2 Kings 9:34³⁴He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 16:311 Kgs 21:251 Kgs 18:41Esth 3:15Isa 65:15Matt 25:41Prov 10:7Amos 6:4

2 Kings 9:35³⁵But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:23Eccl 6:3Isa 14:18-20Jer 22:19Jer 36:30Job 31:3

2 Kings 9:36³⁶So they went back and told him. Then he said, “It is the fulfillment of the Lord ’s message that he had spoken through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:23Lev 8:362 Kgs 14:252 Sam 12:25

2 Kings 9:37³⁷Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 8:2Jer 16:4Ps 83:10Eccl 6:3Ezek 32:23-30Isa 14:18-20Jer 22:19Jer 25:33Jer 36:20Jer 9:22