1 Então, o profeta Eliseu chamou um dos discípulos dos profetas e lhe disse: Cinge os lombos, leva contigo este vaso de azeite e vai-te a Ramote-Gileade; 2 em lá chegando, vê onde está Jeú, filho de Josafá, filho de Ninsi; entra, e faze-o levantar-se do meio de seus irmãos, e leva-o à câmara interior. 3 Toma o vaso de azeite, derrama-lho sobre a cabeça e dize: Assim diz o Senhor: Ungi-te rei sobre Israel. Então, abre a porta, foge e não te detenhas.
4 Foi, pois, o moço, o jovem profeta, a Ramote-Gileade. 5 Entrando ele, eis que os capitães do exército estavam assentados; ele disse: Capitão, tenho mensagem que te dizer. Perguntou-lhe Jeú: A qual de todos nós? Respondeu-lhe ele: A ti, capitão! 6 Então, se levantou Jeú e entrou na casa; o jovem derramou-lhe o azeite sobre a cabeça e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Ungi-te rei sobre o povo do Senhor, sobre Israel. 7 Ferirás a casa de Acabe, teu senhor, para que eu vingue da mão de Jezabel o sangue de meus servos, os profetas, e o sangue de todos os servos do Senhor. 8 Toda a casa de Acabe perecerá; exterminarei de Acabe todos do sexo masculino, quer escravo, quer livre, em Israel. 9 Porque farei à casa de Acabe como à casa de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, e como à casa de Baasa, filho de Aías. 10 Os cães devorarão Jezabel no campo de Jezreel; não haverá quem a enterre. Dito isto, abriu a porta e fugiu.
11 Saindo Jeú aos servos de seu senhor, disseram-lhe: Vai tudo bem? Por que veio a ti este louco? Ele lhes respondeu: Bem conheceis esse homem e o seu falar. 12 Mas eles disseram: É mentira; agora, faze-nos sabê-lo, te pedimos. Então, disse Jeú: Assim e assim me falou, a saber: Assim diz o Senhor: Ungi-te rei sobre Israel. 13 Então, se apressaram, e, tomando cada um o seu manto, os puseram debaixo dele, sobre os degraus, e tocaram a trombeta, e disseram: Jeú é rei!
14 Assim, Jeú, filho de Josafá, filho de Ninsi, conspirou contra Jorão. Tinha, porém, Jorão cercado a Ramote-Gileade, ele e todo o Israel, por causa de Hazael, rei da Síria. 15 Porém o rei Jorão voltou para se curar em Jezreel das feridas que os siros lhe fizeram, quando pelejou contra Hazael, rei da Síria. Disse Jeú: Se é da vossa vontade, ninguém saia furtivamente da cidade, para ir anunciar isto em Jezreel. 16 Então, Jeú subiu a um carro e foi-se a Jezreel, porque Jorão estava de cama ali. Também Acazias, rei de Judá, descera para ver a Jorão.
17 Ora, o atalaia estava na torre de Jezreel, e viu a tropa de Jeú, que vinha, e disse: Vejo uma tropa. Então, disse Jorão: Toma um cavaleiro e envia-o ao seu encontro, para que lhe pergunte: Há paz? 18 Foi-lhe o cavaleiro ao encontro e disse: Assim diz o rei: Há paz? Respondeu Jeú: Que tens tu com a paz? Passa para trás de mim. O atalaia deu aviso, dizendo: Chegou a eles o mensageiro, porém não volta. 19 Então, enviou Jorão outro cavaleiro; chegando este a eles, disse: Assim diz o rei: Há paz? Respondeu Jeú: Que tens tu com a paz? Passa para trás de mim. 20 O atalaia deu aviso, dizendo: Também este chegou a eles, porém não volta; e o guiar do carro parece como o de Jeú, filho de Ninsi, porque guia furiosamente.
21 Disse Jorão: Aparelha o carro. E lhe aparelharam o carro. Saiu Jorão, rei de Israel, e Acazias, rei de Judá, cada um em seu carro, e foram ao encontro de Jeú, e o acharam no campo de Nabote, o jezreelita. 22 Sucedeu que, vendo Jorão a Jeú, perguntou: Há paz, Jeú? Ele respondeu: Que paz, enquanto perduram as prostituições de tua mãe Jezabel e as suas muitas feitiçarias? 23 Então, Jorão voltou as rédeas, fugiu e disse a Acazias: Há traição, Acazias! 24 Mas Jeú entesou o seu arco com toda a força e feriu a Jorão entre as espáduas; a flecha saiu-lhe pelo coração, e ele caiu no seu carro. 25 Então, Jeú disse a Bidcar, seu capitão: Toma-o, lança-o no campo da herdade de Nabote, o jezreelita; pois, lembra-te de que, indo eu e tu, juntos, montados, após Acabe, seu pai, o Senhor pronunciou contra ele esta sentença: 26 Tão certo como vi ontem à tarde o sangue de Nabote e o sangue de seus filhos, diz o Senhor, assim to retribuirei neste campo, diz o Senhor. Agora, pois, toma-o e lança-o neste campo, segundo a palavra do Senhor. 27 À vista disto, Acazias, rei de Judá, fugiu pelo caminho de Bete-Hagã; porém Jeú o perseguiu e disse: Feri também a este; e o feriram no carro, à subida de Gur, que está junto a Ibleão. E fugiu para Megido, onde morreu. 28 Levaram-no os seus servos, num carro, a Jerusalém e o enterraram na sua sepultura junto a seus pais, na Cidade de Davi. 29 No ano undécimo de Jorão, filho de Acabe, começara Acazias a reinar sobre Judá.
30 Tendo Jeú chegado a Jezreel, Jezabel o soube; então, se pintou em volta dos olhos, enfeitou a cabeça e olhou pela janela. 31 Ao entrar Jeú pelo portão do palácio, disse ela: Teve paz Zinri, que matou a seu senhor? 32 Levantou ele o rosto para a janela e disse: Quem é comigo? Quem? E dois ou três eunucos olharam para ele. 33 Então, disse ele: Lançai-a daí abaixo. Lançaram-na abaixo; e foram salpicados com o seu sangue a parede e os cavalos, e Jeú a atropelou. 34 Entrando ele e havendo comido e bebido, disse: Olhai por aquela maldita e sepultai-a, porque é filha de rei. 35 Foram para a sepultar; porém não acharam dela senão a caveira, os pés e as palmas das mãos. 36 Então, voltaram e lho fizeram saber. Ele disse: Esta é a palavra do Senhor, que falou por intermédio de Elias, o tesbita, seu servo, dizendo: No campo de Jezreel, os cães comerão a carne de Jezabel. 37 O cadáver de Jezabel será como esterco sobre o campo da herdade de Jezreel, de maneira que já não dirão: Esta é Jezabel.
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this box of oil in your hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
2 And when you come thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber;
3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain.
6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
7 And you shall smite the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication.
12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel.
13 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape 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. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he comes not again.
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and comes not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him;
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, said the LORD; and I will requite you in this plat, said the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he stepped her under foot.
34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king' daughter.
35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 Why they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.