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1 Now 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. 2 When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room. 3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, 'This is what the LORD says, |I have designated you as king over Israel.|' Then open the door and run away quickly!| 4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When 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.| 6 So 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 says, 'I have designated you as king over the LORD's people Israel. 7 You 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. 8 Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. 9 I will make Ahab's dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. 10 Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'| Then he opened the door and ran away. 11 When 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.| 12 But 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 says, 'I have designated you as king over Israel.'| 13 Each 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!| 2 Kings 9:1-13, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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