2 Kings 9:1-9 ▼

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.