2 Kings 9
1 and Elisha [the] prophet to call: call to to/for one from son: child [the] prophet and to say to/for him to gird loin your and to take: take vial [the] oil [the] this in/on/with hand your and to go: went Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead
Meanwhile, the prophet Elisha summoned one of the other prophets. He said to him, “Get ready [IDM] and go to Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]. Take this jar of [olive] oil with you.
2 and to come (in): come there [to] and to see: see there Jehu son: child Jehoshaphat son: child Nimshi and to come (in): come and to arise: rise him from midst brother: compatriot his and to come (in): come [obj] him chamber in/on/with chamber
When you arrive there, search for a man named Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Go with him into a room away from his companions,
3 and to take: take vial [the] oil and to pour: pour upon head his and to say thus to say LORD to anoint you to/for king to(wards) Israel and to open [the] door and to flee and not to wait
and pour [some of] this oil on his head. Then say to him, ‘Yahweh declares that he is appointing you to be the king of Israel.’ Then open the door and run away as quickly as you can.”
4 and to go: went [the] youth [the] youth [the] prophet Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead
So the young prophet went to Ramoth.
5 and to come (in): come and behold ruler [the] strength: soldiers to dwell and to say word to/for me to(wards) you [the] ruler and to say Jehu to(wards) who? from all our and to say to(wards) you [the] ruler
When he arrived, he saw that the commanders of the army were having a conference. He [looked at Jehu and] said, “Sir, I have a message for [one of] you.” Jehu replied, “Which one of us is the message for?” The young prophet replied, “It is for you, commander/sir.”
6 and to arise: rise and to come (in): come [the] house: home [to] and to pour: pour [the] oil to(wards) head his and to say to/for him thus to say LORD God Israel to anoint you to/for king to(wards) people LORD to(wards) Israel
So Jehu got up and went with the young prophet into a house. There the young prophet poured some [olive] oil on Jehu’s head and said to him, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], declares this: ‘I am appointing you to be the king of my Israeli people.
7 and to smite [obj] house: household Ahab lord your and to avenge blood servant/slave my [the] prophet and blood all servant/slave LORD from hand: to Jezebel
You must kill your master [King Joram], the son of Ahab, because I want to punish [Ahab’s wife] Jezebel for murdering [MTY] many of my prophets and other people who served me.
8 and to perish all house: household Ahab and to cut: eliminate to/for Ahab to urinate in/on/with wall and to restrain and to leave: release in/on/with Israel
You must kill [not only Joram but] all of Ahab’s family. I want to get rid of every male in the family, including young ones and old ones.
9 and to give: make [obj] house: household Ahab like/as house: household Jeroboam son: child Nebat and like/as house: household Baasha son: child Ahijah
I will get rid of Ahab’s family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha.
10 and [obj] Jezebel to eat [the] dog in/on/with portion Jezreel and nothing to bury and to open [the] door and to flee
And [when] Jezebel [dies], her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in Jezreel [city].’” After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran.
11 and Jehu to come out: come to(wards) servant/slave lord his and to say to/for him peace: well-being why? to come (in): come [the] be mad [the] this to(wards) you and to say to(wards) them you(m. p.) to know [obj] [the] man and [obj] complaint his
When Jehu came out of the room to where his other commanders were, they said to him, “Is everything all right? Why did that mad fellow come to you?” He replied, “You know what kinds of things young prophets like him say.”
12 and to say deception to tell please to/for us and to say like/as this and like/as this to say to(wards) me to/for to say thus to say LORD to anoint you to/for king to(wards) Israel
They said, “You are lying! Tell us what he said!” He replied, “He told me that Yahweh said, ‘I am appointing [MTY] you to be the king of Israel.’”
13 and to hasten and to take: take man: anyone garment his and to set: put underneath: under him to(wards) bone [the] step and to blow in/on/with trumpet and to say to reign Jehu
Then they all spread their cloaks on the steps of the building [for Jehu to walk out on], and they blew trumpets and shouted, “Jehu is now the king!”
14 and to conspire Jehu son: child Jehoshaphat son: child Nimshi to(wards) Joram and Joram to be to keep: guard in/on/with Ramoth (Ramoth)-gilead he/she/it and all Israel from face: before Hazael king Syria
King Joram and his army had been defending Ramoth against the attacks by the army of the king of Syria. King Joram had returned to Jezreel [city], to recover from being wounded in the battle against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu made plans to kill Joram. He said to his other commanders, “If helping me is truly what you want, make sure that no one leaves this city to go to warn the people of Jezreel [about what I am planning to do].”
15 and to return: return Joram [the] king to/for to heal in/on/with Jezreel from [the] wound which to smite him Syrian in/on/with to fight he with Hazael king Syria and to say Jehu if there soul: myself your not to come out: come survivor from [the] city to/for to go: went (to/for to tell *Q(k)*) in/on/with Jezreel
16 and to ride Jehu and to go: went Jezreel [to] for Joram to lie down: lay down there [to] and Ahaziah king Judah to go down to/for to see: see [obj] Joram
Then Jehu and his officers got into their chariots and rode to Jezreel, where Joram was still recovering. And King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting Joram.
17 and [the] to watch to stand: stand upon [the] tower in/on/with Jezreel and to see: see [obj] abundance Jehu in/on/with to come (in): come he and to say abundance I to see: see and to say Joram to take: take charioteer and to send: depart to/for to encounter: meet them and to say peace
A guard was standing in the watchtower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu and his men approaching. He called out, “I see a lot of men [who are approaching]!” King Joram [heard what the watchman said, so he] said to his soldiers, “Send someone on a horse to go and find out if they are coming to be friendly to us or to attack us.”
18 and to go: went to ride [the] horse to/for to encounter: meet him and to say thus to say [the] king peace and to say Jehu what? to/for you and to/for peace to turn: turn to(wards) after me and to tell [the] to watch to/for to say to come (in): come [the] messenger till they(masc.) and not to return: return
So a man rode out to meet Jehu and said to him, “The king wants to know [if you are coming to be] friendly to us.” Jehu replied, “This is not the time for you [RHQ] to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and come behind me!” So the guard in the watchtower reported that the messenger had reached the group [that was approaching], but that he was not returning [alone].
19 and to send: depart to ride horse second and to come (in): come to(wards) them and to say thus to say [the] king peace and to say Jehu what? to/for you and to/for peace to turn: turn to(wards) after me
So King Joram sent another messenger, who asked Jehu the same question. Again Jehu replied, “This is not the time [RHQ] for you to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and follow me!”
20 and to tell [the] to watch to/for to say to come (in): come till to(wards) them and not to return: return and [the] driving like/as driving Jehu son: child Nimshi for in/on/with madness to lead
Then the watchman reported again, “That messenger also reached them, but he is not coming back [alone]. And [the leader of the group must be] Jehu, the son of Nimshi, because he is driving [his chariot] furiously, [like Jehu does]!”
21 and to say Joram to bind and to bind chariot his and to come out: come Joram king Israel and Ahaziah king Judah man: anyone in/on/with chariot his and to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet Jehu and to find him in/on/with portion Naboth [the] Jezreelite
Joram said [to his soldiers], “Get [my chariot] ready!” So they did that. Then King Joram and King Ahaziah both rode toward Jehu, each one in his own chariot. And [it happened that] they met Jehu at the field that had previously belonged to Naboth!
22 and to be like/as to see: see Joram [obj] Jehu and to say peace Jehu and to say what? [the] peace till fornication Jezebel mother your and sorcery her [the] many
When Joram met Jehu, he said to him, “Are you coming on a peaceful visit?” Jehu replied, “(How can there be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing very much (witchcraft/sorcery) like your mother Jezebel did?/There certainly cannot be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing (witchcraft/sorcery) like your mother Jezebel has been doing!)” [RHQ]
23 and to overturn Joram hand his and to flee and to say to(wards) Ahaziah deceit Ahaziah
Joram cried out, “Ahaziah, they have deceived us! [They want to kill us]!” So Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee.
24 and Jehu to fill hand: power his in/on/with bow and to smite [obj] Joram between arm his and to come out: issue [the] arrow from heart his and to bow in/on/with chariot his
But Jehu drew his bow mightily and shot [an arrow that pierced] Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow [went through his body and] pierced his heart, and he slumped down dead in his chariot.
25 and to say to(wards) Bidkar (officer his *Q(K)*) to lift: raise to throw him in/on/with portion land: soil Naboth [the] Jezreelite for to remember I and you(m. s.) [obj] to ride pair after Ahab father his and LORD to lift: loud upon him [obj] [the] oracle [the] this
Then Jehu said to his assistant Bidkar, “Take his corpse and throw it here into the field that belonged to Naboth. [I am sure that] you remember that when you and I were riding together [in chariots] behind King Joram’s father Ahab, that Yahweh said this about Ahab:
26 if: surely yes not [obj] blood Naboth and [obj] blood son: child his to see: see last night utterance LORD and to complete to/for you in/on/with portion [the] this utterance LORD and now to lift: raise to throw him in/on/with portion like/as word LORD
‘Yesterday I saw Ahab murder [MTY] Naboth and his sons here. And I solemnly promise that I will punish him right here in this same field!’ So take Joram’s corpse and throw it into that field! That will fulfill what Yahweh said would happen.”
27 and Ahaziah king Judah to see: see and to flee way: direction Beth (Haggan) (Beth)-haggan and to pursue after him Jehu and to say also [obj] him to smite him to(wards) [the] chariot in/on/with ascent Gur which with Ibleam and to flee Megiddo and to die there
When King Ahaziah saw what happened, he fled [in his chariot] toward Beth-Haggan [town]. But Jehu pursued him and said [to his other commanders], “Shoot him, also!” So they shot him [with arrows] while he was riding in his chariot on the road up to Gur, near Ibleam [town]. He continued going in his chariot until he reached Megiddo [city], where he died.
28 and to ride [obj] him servant/slave his Jerusalem [to] and to bury [obj] him in/on/with tomb his with father his in/on/with city David
His officials took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it in the tombs in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried.
29 and in/on/with year one ten year to/for Joram son: child Ahab to reign Ahaziah upon Judah
Ahaziah had become the king of Judah when Joram had been ruling Israel for almost eleven years.
30 and to come (in): come Jehu Jezreel [to] and Jezebel to hear: hear and to set: put in/on/with color eye her and be good [obj] head her and to look about/through/for [the] window
Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When [Ahab’s widow] Jezebel heard what had happened, she put paint/makeup on her eyelids, and combed her hair to make it beautiful, and looked out the window [of the palace toward the street below].
31 and Jehu to come (in): come in/on/with gate and to say peace Zimri to kill lord his
While Jehu was entering the city gate, she called out to him, “You [are like] Zimri! You are a murderer! [I think] you are certainly not [RHQ] coming on a peaceful visit!”
32 and to lift: raise face: kindness his to(wards) [the] window and to say who? with me who? and to look to(wards) him two three eunuch
Jehu looked up toward the window, and then he said, “Who is (on my side/wants to help me)? Anyone?” Two or three palace officials looked down at him [from a window and pointed to themselves].
33 and to say (to release her *Q(K)*) and to release her and to sprinkle from blood her to(wards) [the] wall and to(wards) [the] horse and to trample her
Jehu said to them, “Throw her down here!” So they threw her down, and [when she hit the ground and died], some of her blood splattered on the city wall and on the horses [that were pulling the chariots].
34 and to come (in): come and to eat and to drink and to say to reckon: visit please [obj] [the] to curse [the] this and to bury her for daughter king he/she/it
Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Then he said [to some of his men], “Take the corpse of that women whom Yahweh has cursed and bury it, because she is a king’s daughter [and therefore should be buried properly].”
35 and to go: went to/for to bury her and not to find in/on/with her that if: except if: except [the] head and [the] foot and palm [the] hand
But when they went to get her corpse to bury it, all that was left was only her skull and [the bones of] her feet and her hands. Everything else was gone.
36 and to return: return and to tell to/for him and to say word LORD he/she/it which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his Elijah [the] Tishbite to/for to say in/on/with portion Jezreel to eat [the] dog [obj] flesh Jezebel
When they reported this to Jehu, he said, “That is what Yahweh said would happen! He told his servant/prophet Elijah, ‘In [the city of] Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel’s corpse.
37 (and to be *Q(k)*) carcass Jezebel like/as dung upon face: surface [the] land: country in/on/with portion Jezreel which not to say this Jezebel
Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to [recognize them and] say, “These are Jezebel’s bones.”’”
