2 Kings 9:11-37

2 Kings 9:11-37

[11] Then Jehu  came forth  to the servants  of his lord:  and one said  unto him, Is all well?  wherefore came  this mad  fellow to thee? And he said  unto them, Ye know  the man,  and his communication.  [12] And they said,  It is false;  tell  us now. And he said,  the LORD,  I have anointed  thee king  over Israel.  [13] Then they hasted,  and took  every man  his garment,  and put  it under him on the top  of the stairs,  and blew  with trumpets,  saying,  Jehu  is king.  [14] So Jehu  the son  of Jehoshaphat  the son  of Nimshi  conspired  against Joram.  had kept  Ramothgilead,  he and all Israel,  because  of Hazael  king  of Syria.  [15] But king  Joram  was returned  to be healed  in Jezreel  of the wounds  which the Syrians  had given  him, when he fought  with Hazael  king  of Syria.)  And Jehu  said,  If it be  your minds,  then let none  go forth  nor escape  out of the city  to tell  it in Jezreel.  [16] So Jehu  rode in a chariot,  to Jezreel;  for Joram  lay  there. And Ahaziah  king  of Judah  was come down  to see  Joram.  [17] And there stood  a watchman  on the tower  in Jezreel,  and he spied  the company  of Jehu  as he came,  and said,  I see  a company.  And Joram  said,  Take  an horseman,  and send  to meet  them, and let him say,  Is it peace?  [18] one on horseback  to meet  him, and said,  the king,  Is it peace?  And Jehu  said,  What hast thou to do with peace?  turn  thee behind  me. And the watchman  told,  saying,  The messenger  came  to them, but he cometh not again.  [19] Then he sent out  a second  on horseback,  which came  to them, and said,  the king,  Is it peace?  And Jehu  answered,  What hast thou to do with peace?  turn  thee behind  me. [20] And the watchman  told,  saying,  He came  even unto them, and cometh not again:  and the driving  of Jehu  the son  of Nimshi;  for he driveth  furiously.  [21] And Joram  said,  Make ready.  And his chariot  was made ready.  And Joram  king  of Israel  and Ahaziah  king  of Judah  went out,  each  in his chariot,  and they went out  against  Jehu,  and met  him in the portion  of Naboth  the Jezreelite.  [22] And it came to pass, when Joram  saw  Jehu,  that he said,  Is it peace,  Jehu?  And he answered,  What peace,  so long as  the whoredoms  of thy mother  Jezebel  and her witchcrafts  are so many?  [23] And Joram  turned  his hands,  and fled,  and said  to Ahaziah,  There is treachery,  O Ahaziah.  [24] And Jehu  drew a bow  with his full  strength,  and smote  Jehoram  between his arms,  and the arrow  went out  at his heart,  and he sunk down  in his chariot.  [25] Then said  Jehu to Bidkar  his captain,  Take up,  and cast  him in the portion  of the field  of Naboth  the Jezreelite:  for remember  how that, when I and thou rode  together  after  Ahab  his father,  laid  this burden  upon him; [26] Surely I have seen  yesterday  the blood  of Naboth,  and the blood  of his sons,  saith  the LORD;  and I will requite  thee in this plat,  saith  the LORD.  Now therefore take  and cast  him into the plat  of ground, according to the word  of the LORD.  [27] But when Ahaziah  the king  of Judah  saw  this, he fled  by the way  of the garden  house.  And Jehu  followed  after  him, and said,  Smite  him also in the chariot.  And they did so at the going up  to Gur,  which is by Ibleam.  And he fled  to Megiddo,  and died  [28] And his servants  carried  him in a chariot to Jerusalem,  and buried  him in his sepulchre  with his fathers  in the city  of David.  [29] And in the eleventh  year  of Joram  the son  of Ahab  began Ahaziah  to reign  over Judah.  [30] And when Jehu  was come  to Jezreel,  Jezebel  heard  of it; and she painted  her face,  and tired  her head,  and looked out  at a window.  [31] And as Jehu  entered in  at the gate,  she said,  Had Zimri  peace,  who slew  his master?  [32] And he lifted up  his face  to the window,  and said,  Who is on my side? who? And there looked out  to him two  or three  eunuchs.  [33] And he said,  Throw her down.  and some of her blood  was sprinkled  on the wall,  and on the horses:  and he trode her under foot.  [34] And when he was come in,  he did eat  and drink,  and said,  Go,  see now this cursed  woman, and bury  her: for she is a king's  daughter.  [35] to bury  her: but they found  no more of her than  the skull,  and the feet,  and the palms  of her hands.  [36] Wherefore they came again,  and told  him. And he said,  This is the word  of the LORD,  which he spake  by  his servant  Elijah  the Tishbite,  saying,  In the portion  of Jezreel  shall dogs  eat  the flesh  of Jezebel:  [37] And the carcase  of Jezebel  shall be as dung  upon the face  of the field  in the portion  of Jezreel;  so that they shall not say,  This is Jezebel.