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9:1 Now Elisha <0477> the prophet <05030> summoned <07121> a <0259> member <01121> of the prophetic guild <05030> and told <0559> him, “Tuck <02296> your robes into your belt <04975>, take <03947> this <02088> container <06378> of olive oil <08081> in your hand <03027>, and go <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 9:2 When you arrive <0935> there <08033>, look <07200> for Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> and take <0935> him aside <08432> into an inner room <02315>. 9:3 Take <03947> the container <06378> of olive oil <08081>, pour <03332> it over <05921> his head <07218>, and say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, “I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> Israel <03478>.”’ Then open <06605> the door <01817> and run away <05127> quickly <02442> <03808>!” 9:4 So the young <05288> <05288> prophet <05030> went <01980> to Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568>. 9:5 When he arrived <0935>, the officers <08269> of the army <02428> were sitting <03427> there. So he said <0559>, “I have a message <01697> for <0413> you, O officer <08269>.” Jehu <03058> asked <0559>, “For <0413> which <04310> one of us <03605>?” He replied <0559>, “For <0413> you, O officer <08269>.” 9:6 So Jehu got up <06965> and went <0935> inside <01004>. Then the prophet poured <03332> the olive oil <08081> on <0413> his head <07218> and said <0559> to him, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>, ‘I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> the Lord’s <03068> people <05971> Israel <03478>. 9:7 You will destroy <05221> the family <01004> of your master <0113> Ahab <0256>. I will get revenge <05358> against <03027> Jezebel <0348> for the shed blood <01818> of my servants <05650> the prophets <05030> and for the shed blood <01818> of all <03605> the Lord’s <03068> servants <05650>. 9:8 Ahab’s <0256> entire <03605> family <01004> will die <06>. I will cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Ahab <0256> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>. 9:9 I will make <05414> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> like those <01004> of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> and Baasha <01201> son <01121> of Ahijah <0281>. 9:10 Dogs <03611> will devour <0398> Jezebel <0348> on the plot of ground <02506> in Jezreel <03157>; she will not <0369> be buried <06912>.’” Then he opened <06605> the door <01817> and ran away <05127>. 9:11 When Jehu <03058> rejoined <0413> <03318> his master’s <0113> servants <05650>, they asked <0559> him, “Is everything <07965> all right? Why <04069> did this <02088> madman <07696> visit <0413> you?” He replied <0559>, “Ah, it’s not important. You <0859> know <03045> what kind of man <0376> he is and the kinds of things <07879> he says <07879>.” 9:12 But they said <0559>, “You’re lying <08267>! Tell <05046> us what he said <0559>.” So he told them what he had said <0559>. He also related how he had said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘I have designated <04886> you as king <04428> over <0413> Israel <03478>.’” 9:13 Each <0376> of them quickly <04116> took <03947> off his cloak <0899> and they spread <07760> them out <08478> at Jehu’s feet <01634> on the steps <04609>. The trumpet <07782> was blown <08628> and they shouted <0559>, “Jehu <03058> is king <04427>!” 9:14 Then Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> conspired <07194> against <0413> Joram <03141>. Now Joram <03141> had been <01961> in Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> with the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> army, guarding <08104> against <06440> an invasion <01931> by King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. 9:15 But King <04428> Joram <03088> had returned <07725> to Jezreel <03157> to recover <07495> from <04480> the wounds <04347> he received <05221> from the Syrians <0761> when he fought <03898> against <0854> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. Jehu <03058> told <0559> his supporters, “If <0518> you really want me to be king, then don’t <0408> let anyone escape <06412> from <04480> the city <05892> to go <01980> and warn <05046> Jezreel <03157>.”

• 2Ki 9:1-13 -- Jehu Becomes King
• 2Ki 9:14-37 -- Jehu the Assassin

• Jehu

  [ebd] Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2...
  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [smith] (the living). The founder of the fifth dynasty of the kingdom of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat. (2 Kings 9:2) He reigned over Israel 28 years, B.C. 884-856. His first appearance in history is when he heard the warning of Eli...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• JEHORAM

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very ...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• Jezebel

  [ebd] chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel (1 Kings 16:31). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and...
  [isbe] JEZEBEL - jez'-e-bel 'izebhel, "unexalted," "unhusbanded" (?); Iezabel; see BDB; 1 Ki 16:31; 18:4,13,19; 19:1,2; 21:5 ff; 2 Ki 9:7 ff,30 ff; Rev 2:20): Daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, i.e. Phoenicians, and queen ...
  [smith] (chaste), wife of Ahab king of Israel. (B.C. 883.) She was a Phoenician princess, daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians. In her hands her husband became a mere puppet. (1 Kings 21:25) The first effect of her influence ...
  [nave] JEZEBEL Daughter of Ethbaal, a Sidonian, and wife of Ahab, 1 Kin. 16:31. Was an idolater and persecuted the prophets of God, 1 Kin. 18:4, 13, 19; 2 Kin. 3:2, 13; 9:7, 22. Vowed to kill Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:1-3. Wickedly acc...
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• Enthusiasm

  [nave] ENTHUSIASM. Instances of Gideon, Judg. 6; 7; Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:1-14; 10:1-28. See: Zeal.
  

• Elisha

  [ebd] God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). ...
  [nave] ELISHA, successor to the prophet Elijah. Elijah instructed to anoint, 1 Kin. 19:16. Called by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:19. Ministers to Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:21. Witnesses Elijah's translation, receives a double portion of his spirit...
  

• Ramoth-gilead

  [ebd] heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:38). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to rescue it from the hands of the king of Syria, was mo...
  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Elijah

  [ebd] whose God is Jehovah. (1.) "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, ...
  

• Anointing

  [isbe] ANOINTING - a-noint'-ing: A distinction was made by the ancient Hebrews between anointing with oil in private use, as in making one's toilet (cukh), and anointing as a religious rite (mashach). 1. Ordinary Use: (1) As regard...
  [nave] ANOINTING Of the body, Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; Esth. 2:12; Psa. 92:10; 104:15; 141:5; Prov. 27:9, 16; Eccl. 9:8; Song 1:3; 4:10; Isa. 57:9; Amos 6:6; Mic. 6:15. Of guests, 2 Chr. 28:15; Luke 7:46; the sick, Isa. 1:6; Mark 6:...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [ebd] Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah judges.) King of Judah, son of Asa, succeeded to the throne B.C. 914, when he was 35 years old, and reigned 25 years. His history is to be found among the events recorded in (1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 8:16) ...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• Box

  [ebd] for holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak) used for it is more appropriately rendered "vial" in 1 Sam. 10:1, and should also be so rendered in 2 Kings 9:1, where ...
  [isbe] BOX - The passages in which this word occurs are 2 Ki 9:1,3 (Hebrew pakh, "cruet," "flask," the Revised Version (British and American) vial) and the synoptic passages Mt 26:7 the King James Version; Mk 14:3 the King James Ve...
  [nave] BOX For oil, 2 Kin. 9:1-3. Made of alabaster, Matt. 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37.
  

• Jezreel, Blood of

  [ebd] the murder perpetrated here by Ahab and Jehu (Hos. 1:4; comp. 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 9:6-10).
  

• Usurpation

  [nave] USURPATION. Of Political Functions By Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:1-12. By Adonijah, 1 Kin. 1:5-9. By Baasha, 1 Kin. 15:27, 28. By Zimri, 1 Kin. 16:9, 10. By Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:11-37. By Athaliah, 2 Kin. 11:1-16. By Shallum, 2 Ki...
  

• Nimshi

  [ebd] saved. Jehu was "the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi" (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).
  [isbe] NIMSHI - nim'-shi (nimshi): The grandfather of Jehu (2 Ki 9:2,14). Jehu's usual designation is "son of Nimshi" (1 Ki 19:16).
  [smith] (rescued), the grandfather of Jehu, who is generally called "the son of Nimshi." (1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:2; 14,20; 2 Chronicles 22:7)
  [nave] NIMSHI, father of Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:2, 20.
  

• Decision

  [nave] DECISION. Deut. 30:19; Josh. 23:8. Josh. 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Kin. 18:21; Psa. 37:34; Psa. 69:13; Prov. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Matt. 24:13 Mark 13:13; Matt. 10:22. Matt. 25:23; Luke 7:23 Matt. 11:6. John 8:31; John 15:4, 5, ...
  

• Joram

  [isbe] JORAM - jo'-ram (yoram, "Yahweh is exalted"; compare JEHORAM): (1) Son of Toi (or Tou, according to Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, and 1 Ch 18:9,10), sent by his father to greet David (2 Sam 8:10) = "Hadoram" (1 Ch 18:9,10) a ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [JEHORAM, 1] Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah. (2 Kings 8:21,23,24; 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 22:5,7; Matt...
  [nave] JORAM 1. A son of Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10. Called Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10. 2. Called also Jehoram. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 1:17; 3:1. King of Syria sends Naaman to, that he may be healed of his leprosy, 2 Kin. 5:1-27. Has war w...
  

• Jezreel

  [ebd] God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against...
  [isbe] JEZREEL - jez'-re-el, jez'-rel (yizre`e'l, "God soweth"): (1) A city on the border of the territory of Issachar (Josh 19:18). 1. Territory: It is named with Chesulloth and Shunem (modern Iksal and Solam). It remained loyal t...
  [nave] JEZREEL 1. A city in the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:56; 1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3; 29:1, 11. 2. A city of Issachar, Josh. 19:18; 2 Sam. 2:9. Ahab's residence in, 1 Kin. 18:45, 46; 21:1. Naboth's vineyard in, 1 Kin. 21:1. Joram's res...
  

• Hazael

  [isbe] HAZAEL - ha-za'-el, ha'-za-el, haz'-a-el (chaza'-el and chazah'-el; Hazael; Assyrian haza'ilu): 1. In Biblical History: Comes first into Biblical history as a high officer in the service of Ben-hadad II, king of Syria (2 Ki ...
  [nave] HAZAEL, king of Syria. Anointed king by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:15. Conquests by, 2 Kin. 8:28, 29; 9:14; 10:32, 33; 12:17, 18; 13:3, 22; 2 Chr. 22:5, 6. Conspires against, murders, and succeeds to the throne of Ben-hadad, 2 Kin. ...
  

• VIAL

  [isbe] VIAL - vi'-al: In modern English means "a tiny flask." The word appears in English Versions of the Bible 1 Sam 10:1 and the Revised Version (British and American) 2 Ki 9:1,3 (the King James Version "box") for pakh, a word fo...
  

• Joram and Jezebel

  

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