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So Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the servant poured the oil on his head and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says. I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. You will strike down the house of your master Ahab, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the Lord that was shed by Jezebel. The whole house of Ahab will perish. In Israel I will cut off from Ahab those who urinate against the wall,[a] both bound and free.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:8 This seems to be a crude term used only when making threats of a violent death.
  2. 2 Kings 9:8 The specific groups to which this phrase refers are uncertain.