列王纪下 9
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
以利沙差派門徒膏耶戶
9 以利沙先知喚來一位先知門徒,對他說:“你要束上腰,手裡拿著這瓶膏油,到基列的拉末去。 2 你到了那裡,要在那裡尋找寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶。你要去,請他從他的兄弟中起來,然後把他帶進一個密室。 3 你要拿著這瓶膏油,把油倒在他的頭上,說:“耶和華這樣說:‘我膏立你作王統治以色列。’然後,你要開門逃跑,不可停留。” 4 於是那年輕的先知往基列的拉末去了。
耶戶為王
5 他到了那裡,看見軍隊的將領都坐在那裡。他就說:“將軍,我有話要對你說。”耶戶說:“我們這裡所有的人,你要對哪一個說話呢?”他說:“將軍,我要對你說。” 6 耶戶就起來,進了屋子;先知門徒就把油倒在耶戶的頭上,對他說:“以色列的 神耶和華這樣說:‘我膏立你作王,統治耶和華的人民以色列。 7 你要擊殺你的主人亞哈的家。我要為我僕人眾先知的血和所有耶和華的僕人的血,在耶洗別身上報仇。 8 亞哈的全家都要滅亡;我要剪除在以色列屬亞哈的男人,無論是自由的,或是為奴的。 9 我要使亞哈的家好像尼八的兒子耶羅波安的家,又好像亞希雅的兒子巴沙的家。 10 至於耶洗別,她的屍體要在耶斯列的田間被狗吃掉,沒有人來埋葬。’”他一說完,就開門逃走了。
11 耶戶出來,到他主人的臣僕那裡去;他們問他說:“一切都平安嗎?那瘋子來見你有甚麼事呢?”他對他們說:“你們認識這個人,也知道他說些甚麼。” 12 他們說:“謊話!請你告訴我們吧。”他說:“他這樣對我說:‘耶和華這樣說:我已經膏立你作王統治以色列。’” 13 他們就急忙把自己的衣服放在他腳下的上層(“上層”原文意思不詳,或譯:“沒有裝飾的”)臺階上,然後吹響號角宣告:“耶戶作王了。”
14 這樣,寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶背叛約蘭了。約蘭和以色列眾人曾因亞蘭王哈薛的緣故,守衛著基列的拉末。 15 但後來約蘭王回到耶斯列去治傷,就是他與亞蘭王哈薛作戰時,亞蘭人擊傷他的。耶戶說:“你們若是同意,就不要讓人逃出這城到耶斯列去報信。” 16 於是耶戶登上戰車,往耶斯列去了;因約蘭正在那裡臥病,猶大王亞哈謝下來探望他。
17 站在耶斯列城樓的哨兵看見耶戶的隊伍來臨,就說:“我看見有一隊人馬。”約蘭說:“叫一個騎兵來,派他去見他們,說:‘平安嗎?’” 18 於是有一個騎兵去迎見耶戶,說:“王這樣問:‘平安嗎?’”耶戶說:“平安不平安和你有甚麼關係呢?轉到我後面去吧!”那哨兵又報告:“使者到了他們那裡,卻沒有回來。” 19 王又派第二個騎兵去。他來到他們那裡,說:“王這樣問:‘平安嗎?’”耶戶說:“平安不平安和你有甚麼關係呢?轉到我後面去吧!” 20 那哨兵又報告:“他已經去到他那裡,卻沒有回來。那駕車的手法很像寧示的孫子耶戶,因為他駕車很兇猛。”
耶戶射殺約蘭
21 約蘭就說:“備車。”他們就為他備了車。以色列王約蘭和猶大王亞哈謝出城,他們各自乘坐戰車出去見耶戶,就在耶斯列人拿伯的田間遇上了他。 22 約蘭看見耶戶的時候,就說:“耶戶,平安嗎?”耶戶說:“你的母親耶洗別的淫行和邪術這麼多,還有平安嗎?” 23 約蘭立刻把車調轉過來逃跑,對亞哈謝說:“亞哈謝啊,反了!” 24 耶戶拉滿弓,射中約蘭的背;箭從他的心窩穿出,他就倒在自己的車上。 25 耶戶對副官畢甲說:“把他抬起來,丟在耶斯列人拿伯的田地裡,因為我還記得你我一起駕車跟隨他父親亞哈的時候,耶和華曾宣告了這些有關亞哈的話: 26 ‘昨天我實在看見了拿伯的血和他兒子們的血(這是耶和華的宣告);我要在這塊田地上報應你(這是耶和華的宣告)。’現在你要按著耶和華的話,把他抬起來丟在田裡。”
27 猶大王亞哈謝看見這一切,就沿著通往伯哈干的路逃走。耶戶緊追著他,說:“還有他!”他們就在靠近以伯蓮的姑珥坡把他擊傷在戰車上。他逃到米吉多,就死在那裡。 28 他的臣僕用車把他的屍體送到耶路撒冷,葬在大衛城他自己的墳墓,和他的祖先一同長眠。
29 亞哈的兒子約蘭第十一年,亞哈謝登基統治猶大。
耶洗別被擲墮樓慘死
30 耶戶到了耶斯列。耶洗別已經聽聞,就塗眼梳頭,從窗戶裡往外觀望。 31 耶戶進入城門的時候,她說:“平安嗎,殺主的心利?” 32 耶戶抬頭對著窗戶,說:“有誰擁護我?誰?”立時有兩三個太監往外望著他。 33 他說:“把她拋下來!”他們就把她拋下去。她的血濺在牆上和馬匹身上,牠們也踐踏了她。 34 耶戶進入屋內,又吃又喝,然後說:“你們去料理那被咒詛的婦人,把她埋了,因為她是王的女兒。” 35 於是他們去收殮她,卻找不到她的屍體,只找到頭骨、雙腳和雙掌。 36 他們就回去,告訴他,他說:“這正是耶和華藉著他僕人提斯比人以利亞所說的話:‘野狗必在耶斯列的地方吃耶洗別的肉。’ 37 耶洗別的屍體要像耶斯列田間的糞肥,以致人不能說:‘這是耶洗別。’”
2 Regi 9
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Iehu uns rege peste Israel
9 Profetul Elisei l-a chemat pe unul dintre fiii profeţilor şi i-a zis: „Încinge-te, ia această sticluţă cu untdelemn şi du-te la Ramot-Ghilad. 2 Când vei ajunge acolo, caută-l pe Iehu, fiul lui Iehoşafat, fiul lui Nimşi. Intră, ia-l dintre prietenii lui şi du-l într-o odaie separată. 3 Ia apoi sticluţa cu untdelemn şi toarnă untdelemnul pe capul lui, zicându-i: «Aşa vorbeşte Domnul: ‘Te ung rege peste Israel!’» După aceea deschide uşa şi fugi fără să te opreşti.“
4 Tânărul profet a plecat spre Ramot-Ghilad. 5 Când a ajuns, căpeteniile oştirii stăteau împreună. El a zis:
– Căpetenie, am un mesaj pentru tine!
– Pentru care dintre noi? a întrebat Iehu.
– Pentru tine, căpetenie, a răspuns el.
6 Iehu s-a sculat şi a intrat în casă. Tânărul i-a turnat untdelemnul pe cap şi i-a zis:
– Aşa vorbeşte Domnul, Dumnezeul lui Israel: „Te ung rege peste Israel, poporul Domnului. 7 Să nimiceşti familia lui Ahab, stăpânul tău, ca astfel să răzbun sângele slujitorilor Mei, profeţii, şi sângele tuturor slujitorilor Domnului, vărsat de Izabela. 8 Va pieri toată familia lui şi voi nimici pe orice bărbat al lui Ahab, fie sclav, fie liber în Israel. 9 Voi face familiei lui Ahab aşa cum am făcut familiei lui Ieroboam, fiul lui Nebat, şi aşa cum am făcut familiei lui Başa, fiul lui Ahia. 10 Câinii o vor mânca pe Izabela pe ogorul din Izreel şi nu o va înmormânta nimeni.“ Apoi a închis uşa şi a fugit.
11 Când a ieşit Iehu la slujitorii stăpânului său, aceştia l-au întrebat:
– Toate bune? De ce a venit acest nebun la tine?
– Voi îl ştiţi pe omul acesta şi ştiţi ce poate spune, le-a răspuns Iehu.
12 – Minciuni! i-au zis ei. Povesteşte-ne!
Iehu le-a răspuns:
– El mi-a vorbit astfel: „Aşa vorbeşte Domnul: «Te ung rege peste Israel!»“
13 Ei s-au grăbit să-şi ia mantiile şi să le pună sub el, pe treptele goale. Apoi au sunat din trâmbiţă şi au zis: „Iehu este rege!“
Ioram şi Ahazia ucişi de Iehu
14 Astfel a uneltit Iehu, fiul lui Iehoşafat, fiul lui Nimşi, împotriva lui Ioram. (În acea vreme, oştirea lui Ioram se afla la Ramot-Ghilad pentru a-l apăra împotriva lui Hazael, regele Aramului. 15 Fiind rănit, regele Ioram[a] s-a întors la Izreel pentru a se vindeca de rănile pe care i le făcuseră arameii în timpul războiului cu Hazael, regele Aramului.)
Aşadar, Iehu a continuat:
– Dacă aceasta este şi dorinţa voastră, atunci nu lăsaţi pe nimeni să scape din cetate, ca nu cumva să se ducă să vestească aceasta în Izreel.
16 Apoi Iehu a încălecat şi s-a dus la Izreel, căci Ioram se odihnea acolo, iar Ahazia, regele lui Iuda, se dusese să-l vadă. 17 Străjerul care stătea pe turnul din Izreel a văzut trupele lui Iehu venind şi a zis:
– Văd nişte trupe venind!
– Trimite îndată un călăreţ ca să-i întâmpine şi să-i întrebe dacă vin cu gânduri de pace, a zis Ioram.
18 Călăreţul a plecat şi, când l-a întâlnit pe Iehu, i-a zis:
– Aşa vorbeşte regele: „Vii cu gânduri de pace?“
– Ce-ţi pasă ţie dacă vin cu gânduri de pace? i-a răspuns Iehu. Urmează-mă!
Străjerul l-a înştiinţat pe rege, zicându-i:
– Mesagerul s-a dus până la ei, dar nu se mai întoarce!
19 Atunci a fost trimis un al doilea călăreţ, care s-a dus la ei şi le-a zis:
– Aşa vorbeşte regele: „Vii cu gânduri de pace?“
– Ce-ţi pasă ţie dacă vin cu gânduri de pace? i-a răspuns Iehu. Urmează-mă!
20 Străjerul l-a înştiinţat pe rege, zicându-i:
– Mesagerul s-a dus până la ei, dar nu se mai întoarce! După felul cum este mânat carul din frunte, cel ce vine este Iehu, fiul lui Nimşi, căci el mână ca un nebun.
21 – Înhamă! a poruncit Ioram.
După ce au pregătit carul, Ioram, regele lui Israel, şi Ahazia, regele lui Iuda, au plecat fiecare în carul lui să-l întâlnească pe Iehu; şi l-au întâlnit în ogorul izreelitului Nabot. 22 Când l-a văzut Ioram pe Iehu, i-a zis:
– Vii cu gânduri de pace, Iehu?
– Cum pot să vin cu gânduri de pace atâta timp cât desfrânările mamei tale, Izabela, şi vrăjitoriile ei sunt atât de multe? i-a răspuns el.
23 Ioram a întors carul şi a fugit strigându-i lui Ahazia:
– Trădare, Ahazia!
24 Dar Iehu a luat arcul, a tras cu toată puterea şi l-a ţintit pe Ioram între umeri. Săgeata i-a străpuns inima, iar el s-a prăbuşit în car. 25 Iehu i-a zis ofiţerului său, Bidkar: „Ia-l şi aruncă-l în ogorul izreelitului Nabot, căci, adu-ţi aminte că, atunci când călăream împreună, în urma tatălui său, Ahab, Domnul a rostit împotriva lui această hotărâre: 26 «Am văzut ieri sângele lui Nabot şi sângele fiilor lui, zice Domnul, şi te voi face cu siguranţă să plăteşti chiar în acest ogor, zice Domnul!»“[b] Ia-l deci şi aruncă-l pe ogor, potrivit Cuvântului Domnului.
27 Când a văzut lucrul acesta, Ahazia, regele lui Iuda, a fugit spre Bet-Hagan. Iehu l-a urmărit şi a zis: „Omorâţi-l şi pe el!“ Şi l-au lovit în car, la înălţimea Gur, care este lângă Ibleam, dar el a fugit la Meghido şi a murit acolo. 28 Slujitorii lui l-au dus într-un car la Ierusalim şi l-au înmormântat în mormântul lui, alături de părinţii săi, în Cetatea lui David. 29 Ahazia ajunsese rege al lui Iuda în al unsprezecelea an al domniei lui Ioram, fiul lui Ahab.
Izabela ucisă de Iehu
30 Apoi Iehu a venit la Izreel. Când a auzit Izabela, şi-a vopsit ochii, şi-a împodobit capul şi s-a aşezat la fereastră. 31 În timp ce Iehu intra pe poartă, ea a zis:
– Vii cu gânduri de pace, Zimri, ucigaşul stăpânului său?
32 El s-a uitat spre fereastră şi a strigat:
– Cine este de partea mea? Cine?
Atunci doi sau trei eunuci s-au uitat în jos înspre el.
33 – Aruncaţi-o jos! le-a zis el.
Ei au aruncat-o jos, iar sângele ei a ţâşnit pe zid şi pe cai, aceştia călcând-o în picioare. 34 Apoi Iehu a intrat în palat. După ce a mâncat şi a băut, el a poruncit: „Îngrijiţi-vă de blestemata aceasta şi îngropaţi-o, căci a fost fiică de rege.“ 35 Dar când au ajuns la ea, ca s-o îngroape, n-au mai găsit din ea decât craniul, picioarele şi palmele mâinilor. 36 Ei s-au întors şi l-au înştiinţat pe Iehu, care a zis: „Acesta este Cuvântul Domnului, pe care El îl spusese prin robul Său Ilie tişbitul: «Câinii vor mânca în ogorul din Izreel carnea Izabelei,[c] 37 iar trupul Izabelei va fi, în ogorul lui Izreel, ca bălegarul de pe întinderea ogoarelor, aşa că nimeni nu va mai putea zice vreodată: ‘Aceasta este Izabela!’»“
Footnotes
- 2 Regi 9:15 Ebr.: Iehoram, o variantă a lui Ioram; şi în vs. 17, 21-24
- 2 Regi 9:26 Vezi 1 Regi 21:19
- 2 Regi 9:36 Vezi 1 Regi 21:23
2 Kings 9
New International Version
Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9 The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company(A) of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt,(B) take this flask of olive oil(C) with you and go to Ramoth Gilead.(D) 2 When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go to him, get him away from his companions and take him into an inner room. 3 Then take the flask and pour the oil(E) on his head and declare, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run; don’t delay!”
4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said.
“For which of us?” asked Jehu.
“For you, commander,” he replied.
6 Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil(F) on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. 7 You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge(G) the blood of my servants(H) the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.(I) 8 The whole house(J) of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male(K) in Israel—slave or free.[a] 9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam(L) son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha(M) son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, dogs(N) will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.
11 When Jehu went out to his fellow officers, one of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this maniac(O) come to you?”
“You know the man and the sort of things he says,” Jehu replied.
12 “That’s not true!” they said. “Tell us.”
Jehu said, “Here is what he told me: ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
13 They quickly took their cloaks and spread(P) them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet(Q) and shouted, “Jehu is king!”
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah(R)
14 So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth Gilead(S) against Hazael king of Aram, 15 but King Joram[b] had returned to Jezreel to recover(T) from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him in the battle with Hazael king of Aram.) Jehu said, “If you desire to make me king, don’t let anyone slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” 16 Then he got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel, because Joram was resting there and Ahaziah(U) king of Judah had gone down to see him.
17 When the lookout(V) standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.”
“Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?(W)’”
18 The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”
“What do you have to do with peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
The lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.”
19 So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them he said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”
Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”
20 The lookout reported, “He has reached them, but he isn’t coming back either. The driving is like(X) that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a maniac.”
21 “Hitch up my chariot,” Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth(Y) the Jezreelite. 22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?”
“How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel(Z) abound?”
23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery,(AA) Ahaziah!”
24 Then Jehu drew his bow(AB) and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy(AC) against him: 26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth(AD) and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’[c] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”(AE)
27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[d] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam,(AF) but he escaped to Megiddo(AG) and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot(AH) to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. 29 (In the eleventh(AI) year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)
Jezebel Killed
30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup,(AJ) arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri,(AK) you murderer of your master?”[e]
32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.(AL)
34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”(AM) 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. 36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs(AN) will devour Jezebel’s flesh.[f](AO) 37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung(AP) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 9:8 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
- 2 Kings 9:15 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 17 and 21-24
- 2 Kings 9:26 See 1 Kings 21:19.
- 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house
- 2 Kings 9:31 Or “Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”
- 2 Kings 9:36 See 1 Kings 21:23.
2 Kings 9
World English Bible
9 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. 2 When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room. 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door, flee, and don’t wait.”
4 So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, “I have a message for you, captain.”
Jehu said, “To which one of us?”
He said, “To you, O captain.” 6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel. 7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,[a] both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel. 9 I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.
11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?”
He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”
12 They said, “That is a lie. Tell us now.”
He said, “He said to me, ‘Yahweh says, I have anointed you king over Israel.’”
13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king.”
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; 15 but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.” 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.”
Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
18 So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’”
Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’”
Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
20 The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
21 Joram said, “Get ready!”
They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land. 22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?”
He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23 Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him: 26 ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city. 29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window. 31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?”
Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
33 He said, “Throw her down!”
So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot. 34 When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.”
35 They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Therefore they came back, and told him.
He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel, 37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the surface of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.”’”
Footnotes
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