¹⁰ As for Jezebel, dogs^(A) 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^(B) 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^(C) them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet^(D) and shouted, “Jehu is king!”

² Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram^[a] had given him, and settled Israelites in them.