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So Jehu[a] got up and went inside the house, and the young man[b] told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord—that is, over Israel. You are to attack the household of your master Ahab, so I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, as well as the blood of all of the servants of the Lord that has been spilled[c] at Jezebel’s orders.[d] The entire household of Ahab will die, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person in Israel, whether imprisoned or surviving.[e]

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  1. 2 Kings 9:6 Lit. he
  2. 2 Kings 9:6 Lit. and he
  3. 2 Kings 9:7 The Heb. lacks that has been spilled
  4. 2 Kings 9:7 Lit. hand
  5. 2 Kings 9:8 Or whether in servitude or left behind