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And Elisha[H477] the prophet[H5030]called[H7121]one[H259] of the children[H1121] of the prophets[H5030], and said[H559] unto him, Gird up[H2296] thy loins[H4975], and take[H3947] this box[H6378] of oil[H8081] in thine hand[H3027], and go[H3212] to Ramothgilead[H7433]:
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And when thou comest[H935] thither, look out[H7200] there Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Nimshi[H5250], and go in[H935], and make him arise up[H6965] from among[H8432] his brethren[H251], and carry[H935] him to an inner[H2315]chamber[H2315];
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Then take[H3947] the box[H6378] of oil[H8081], and pour[H3332] it on his head[H7218], and say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], I have anointed[H4886] thee king[H4428] over Israel[H3478]. Then open[H6605] the door[H1817], and flee[H5127], and tarry[H2442] not.
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So the young man[H5288], even the young man[H5288] the prophet[H5030], went[H3212] to Ramothgilead[H7433].
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And when he came[H935], behold, the captains[H8269] of the host[H2428] were sitting[H3427]; and he said[H559], I have an errand[H1697] to thee, O captain[H8269]. And Jehu[H3058]said[H559], Unto which of all us? And he said[H559], To thee, O captain[H8269].
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And he arose[H6965], and went[H935] into the house[H1004]; and he poured[H3332] the oil[H8081] on his head[H7218], and said[H559] unto him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], I have anointed[H4886] thee king[H4428] over the people[H5971] of the LORD[H3068], even over Israel[H3478].
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And thou shalt smite[H5221] the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] thy master[H113], that I may avenge[H5358] the blood[H1818] of my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], and the blood[H1818] of all the servants[H5650] of the LORD[H3068], at the hand[H3027] of Jezebel[H348].
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For the whole house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] shall perish[H6]: and I will cut off[H3772] from Ahab[H256] him that pisseth[H8366] against the wall[H7023], and him that is shut up[H6113] and left[H5800] in Israel[H3478]:
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And I will make[H5414] the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] like the house[H1004] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], and like the house[H1004] of Baasha[H1201] the son[H1121] of Ahijah[H281]:
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And the dogs[H3611] shall eat[H398]Jezebel[H348] in the portion[H2506] of Jezreel[H3157], and there shall be none to bury[H6912] her. And he opened[H6605] the door[H1817], and fled[H5127].
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Then Jehu[H3058]came[H935]forth[H3318] to the servants[H5650] of his lord[H113]: and one said[H559] unto him, Is all well?[H7965] wherefore came[H935] this mad[H7696] fellow to thee? And he said[H559] unto them, Ye know[H3045] the man[H376], and his communication[H7879].
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And they said[H559], It is false[H8267]; tell[H5046] us now. And he said[H559], Thus and thus spake[H559] he to me, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], I have anointed[H4886] thee king[H4428] over Israel[H3478].
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Then they hasted[H4116], and took[H3947] every man[H376] his garment[H899], and put[H7760] it under him on the top[H1634] of the stairs[H4609], and blew[H8628] with trumpets[H7782], saying[H559], Jehu[H3058] is king[H4427].
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So Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Nimshi[H5250]conspired[H7194] against Joram[H3141].(Now Joram[H3141] had kept[H8104]Ramothgilead[H7433], he and all Israel[H3478], because[H6440] of Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758].
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But king[H4428]Joram[H3088] was returned[H7725] to be[H3426]healed[H7495] in Jezreel[H3157] of the wounds[H4347] which the Syrians[H761] had given[H5221] him, when he fought[H3898] with Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758].) And Jehu[H3058]said[H559], If it be[H3426] your minds[H5315], then let none[H408]go[H3212]forth[H3318] nor escape[H6412] out of the city[H5892] to go[H3212] to tell[H5046] it in Jezreel[H3157].
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So Jehu[H3058] rode in a chariot[H7392], and went[H3212] to Jezreel[H3157]; for Joram[H3141]lay[H7901] there. And Ahaziah[H274]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] was come down[H3381] to see[H7200]Joram[H3141].
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And there stood[H5975] a watchman[H6822] on the tower[H4026] in Jezreel[H3157], and he spied[H7200] the company[H8229] of Jehu[H3058] as he came[H935], and said[H559], I see[H7200] a company[H8229]. And Joram[H3088]said[H559], Take[H3947] an horseman[H7395], and send[H7971] to meet[H7125] them, and let him say[H559], Is it peace?[H7965]
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So there went[H3212] one on horseback[H7392] to meet[H7125] him, and said[H559], Thus saith[H559] the king[H4428], Is it peace?[H7965] And Jehu[H3058]said[H559], What hast thou to do with peace?[H7965]turn[H5437] thee behind[H310] me. And the watchman[H6822]told[H5046], saying[H559], The messenger[H4397]came[H935] to them, but he cometh not again[H7725].
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Then he sent out[H7971] a second[H8145] on horseback[H7392], which came[H935] to them, and said[H559], Thus saith[H559] the king[H4428], Is it peace?[H7965] And Jehu[H3058]answered[H559], What hast thou to do with peace?[H7965]turn[H5437] thee behind[H310] me.
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And the watchman[H6822]told[H5046], saying[H559], He came[H935] even unto them, and cometh not again[H7725]: and the driving[H4491] is like the driving[H4491] of Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Nimshi[H5250]; for he driveth[H5090]furiously[H7697].
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And Joram[H3088]said[H559], Make ready[H631]. And his chariot[H7393] was made ready[H631]. And Joram[H3088]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Ahaziah[H274]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] went out[H3318], each[H376] in his chariot[H7393], and they went out[H3318]against[H7125]Jehu[H3058], and met[H4672] him in the portion[H2513] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158].
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And it came to pass, when Joram[H3088]saw[H7200]Jehu[H3058], that he said[H559], Is it peace[H7965], Jehu?[H3058] And he answered[H559], What peace[H7965], so long as[H5704] the whoredoms[H2183] of thy mother[H517]Jezebel[H348] and her witchcrafts[H3785] are so many?[H7227]
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And Joram[H3088]turned[H2015] his hands[H3027], and fled[H5127], and said[H559] to Ahaziah[H274], There is treachery[H4820], O Ahaziah[H274].
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And Jehu[H3058] drew a bow[H7198] with his full[H4390]strength[H3027], and smote[H5221]Jehoram[H3088] between his arms[H2220], and the arrow[H2678] went out[H3318] at his heart[H3820], and he sunk down[H3766] in his chariot[H7393].
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Then said[H559] Jehu to Bidkar[H920] his captain[H7991], Take up[H5375], and cast[H7993] him in the portion[H2513] of the field[H7704] of Naboth[H5022] the Jezreelite[H3158]: for remember[H2142] how that, when I and thou rode[H7392]together[H6776]after[H310]Ahab[H256] his father[H1], the LORD[H3068]laid[H5375] this burden[H4853] upon him;
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Surely I have seen[H7200]yesterday[H570] the blood[H1818] of Naboth[H5022], and the blood[H1818] of his sons[H1121], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and I will requite[H7999] thee in this plat[H2513], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]. Now therefore take[H5375] and cast[H7993] him into the plat[H2513] of ground, according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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But when Ahaziah[H274] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]saw[H7200] this, he fled[H5127] by the way[H1870] of the garden[H1588]house[H1004]. And Jehu[H3058]followed[H7291]after[H310] him, and said[H559], Smite[H5221] him also in the chariot[H4818]. And they did so at the going up[H4608] to Gur[H1483], which is by Ibleam[H2991]. And he fled[H5127] to Megiddo[H4023], and died[H4191] there.
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And his servants[H5650]carried[H7392] him in a chariot to Jerusalem[H3389], and buried[H6912] him in his sepulchre[H6900] with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
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And in the eleventh[H259]year[H8141] of Joram[H3141] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256] began Ahaziah[H274] to reign[H4427] over Judah[H3063].
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And when Jehu[H3058] was come[H935] to Jezreel[H3157], Jezebel[H348]heard[H8085] of it; and she painted[H7760] her face[H5869], and tired[H3190] her head[H7218], and looked out[H8259] at a window[H2474].
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And as Jehu[H3058] entered in[H935] at the gate[H8179], she said[H559], Had Zimri[H2174]peace[H7965], who slew[H2026] his master?[H113]
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And he lifted up[H5375] his face[H6440] to the window[H2474], and said[H559], Who is on my side? who? And there looked out[H8259] to him two[H8147] or three[H7969]eunuchs[H5631].
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And he said[H559], Throw her down[H8058]. So they threw her down[H8058]: and some of her blood[H1818] was sprinkled[H5137] on the wall[H7023], and on the horses[H5483]: and he trode her under foot[H7429].
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And when he was come in[H935], he did eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and said[H559], Go[H6485], see now this cursed[H779] woman, and bury[H6912] her: for she is a king's daughter[H1323].
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And they went[H3212] to bury[H6912] her: but they found[H4672] no more of her than[H518] the skull[H1538], and the feet[H7272], and the palms[H3709] of her hands[H3027].
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Wherefore they came again[H7725], and told[H5046] him. And he said[H559], This is the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027] his servant[H5650]Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], saying[H559], In the portion[H2506] of Jezreel[H3157] shall dogs[H3611]eat[H398] the flesh[H1320] of Jezebel[H348]:
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And the carcase[H5038] of Jezebel[H348] shall be as dung[H1828] upon the face[H6440] of the field[H7704] in the portion[H2506] of Jezreel[H3157]; so that they shall not say[H559], This is Jezebel[H348].