Jehu Anointed King over Israel

9 Now Elisha the prophet called one of ^(A)the sons of the prophets and said to him, “^(B)Gird up your loins, and ^(C)take this flask of oil in your hand and go to ^(D)Ramoth-gilead. ² And you will come there and look there for ^(E)Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi. And you will come in and ^[a](F)bid him arise from among his brothers. And you will cause him to come in to an inner room. ³ Then you will take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “^(G)I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”

⁴ So ^(H)the young man—the young man of the prophet—went to Ramoth-gilead. ⁵ Then he came, and behold, the commanders of the military were sitting, and he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “^[b]For which one of us?” And he said, “For you, O commander.” ⁶ And he arose and came into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^(I)I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel. ⁷ And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, ^(J)that I may avenge ^(K)the blood of My slaves the prophets, and the blood of all the slaves of Yahweh, ^(L)at the hand of Jezebel. ⁸ For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and ^(M)I will cut off from Ahab ^(N)every ^[c]male person ^(O)both bond and free in Israel. ^9 (P)And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and ^(Q)like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. ^10 (R)And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the ^[d]property of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

¹¹ Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “^(S)Is all well? Why did this ^(T)mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his talk.” ¹² And they said, “It is a lie, declare it to us now.” And he said, “Thus and thus he said to me, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’” ¹³ Then ^(U)they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and ^(V)blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king!”