2Ki 9 | EngLXX | STEP | And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird upyour loins, and take this cruse of oil in your hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad.

2 Kings 9

1 And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird upyour loins, and take this cruse of oil in your hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad. 2 And you shall enter there, and shall see there Ju the son of Josaphat son of Namessi,and shall go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shall bring him into a secret chamber. 3 And you shall take the cruse of oil, and pourit on his head, and say you, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you king over Israel: andyou shall open the door, and flee, and not wait. 4 And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad. 5 And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I havea message to you, O captain. And Ju said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said tohim, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed you to be king over the people of the Lord, evenover Israel. 7 And you shall utterly destroy the house of Achaab your master from before me, and shallavenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the handof Jezabel, 8 and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and you shall utterly cut off from the houseof Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Achaab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and asthe house of Baasa the son of Achia. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none tobury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him,Is all well? Why came this mad fellow in to you? And he said to them, You⌃ know the man, andhis communication. 12 And they said,It is wrong: tell us now. And Ju said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, —and hesaid, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you to be king over Israel. 13 And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it underhim on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju is king. 14 So Ju the son of Josaphat the son of Namessi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defendingRemmoth Galaad, he and all Israel, because of Azael king of Syria. 15 And king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians hadgiven him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not goforth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael. 16 And Ju rode and advanced, and came down to Jezrael; for Joram king of Israel was gettinghealed in Jezrael of the arrow-wounds wherewith the Syrianshad wounded him in Rammath in the war with Azael king of Syria; for hewas strong and a mighty man: and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to see Joram. 17 And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dustmade by Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, andsend to meet them, and let him say, Peace. 18 And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said,What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger cameup to them, and has not returned. 19 And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace.And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. 20 And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and thedriver drives Ju the son of Namessi, for it is with furioushaste. 21 And Joram said, Make ready. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israelwent forth, and Ochozias king of Juda, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Ju, and found him inthe portion of Nabuthai the Jezraelite. 22 And it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said,Is it peace, Ju? And Ju said, Howcan it be peace? as yetthere are the whoredoms of your mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts. 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias. 24 And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms, and hisarrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees. 25 AndJu said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite,for I and you remember, ridingas we were on chariots after Achaab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against him,saying, 26 Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, saysthe Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, says the Lord. Now then, I pray you, take him upand cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord. 27 And Ochozias king of Juda sawit, and fled by the way of Baethgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said,Slay him also. And one struck him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam:and he fled to Mageddo, and died there. 28 And his servants put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buriedhim in his sepulchre in the city of David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda. 30 And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heardof it, and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window. 31 And Ju entered into the city; and she said, Had Zambri, the murderer of his master, peace? 32 And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who are you? Comedown with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him. 33 And he said, Throw herdown. And they threw herdown; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampledon her. 34 AndJu went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, forshe is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet,and the palms of her hands. 36 And they returned and told him. And he said,It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In theportion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel. 37 And the carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion ofJezrael, so that they shall not say,This is Jezabel.