1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee 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 Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy 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 pisseth 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 unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, 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 Ramoth-gilead, 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 saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth 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 whoredoms of thy 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 thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith 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 sepulchre 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 trode 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’s 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 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

1 Toe roep die profeet El¡sa een van die profete-seuns en sê vir hom: Gord jou heupe en neem hierdie kruik met olie in jou hand en gaan na Ramot in G¡lead.

2 As jy daar kom, kyk dan waar Jehu, die seun van Josafat, die seun van Nimsi, is; en gaan in en laat hom opstaan onder sy broers uit en bring hom in 'n binnekamer;

3 neem dan die kruik met olie en giet dit op sy hoof uit en sê: So spreek die HERE: Ek salf jou tot koning oor Israel. Maak dan die deur oop en vlug en vertoef nie.

4 En die jongman, die dienaar van die profeet, het gegaan na Ramot in G¡lead.

5 Toe hy aankom, het die owerstes van die leër juis daar gesit; en hy sê: Ek het 'n woord vir u, owerste. En Jehu vra: Vir wie van ons almal? En hy antwoord: Vir u, owerste!

6 En hy het opgestaan en in die huis ingegaan. Toe giet hy die olie op sy hoof uit en sê vir hom: So spreek die HERE, die God van Israel: Ek salf jou as koning oor die volk van die HERE, oor Israel.

7 En jy sal die huis van Agab, jou heer, verwoes, sodat Ek die bloed van my knegte, die profete, en die bloed van al die knegte van die HERE op Is,bel kan wreek;

8 en die hele huis van Agab sal omkom, en Ek sal van Agab uitroei al wat manlik is in Israel, sonder uitsondering.

9 Want Ek sal die huis van Agab maak soos die huis van Jerobeam, die seun van Nebat, en soos die huis van Ba,sa, die seun van Ah¡a.

10 En die honde sal Is,bel eet op die dorpsgrond van J¡sreël, en daar sal niemand wees wat haar begrawe nie. Daarna het hy die deur oopgemaak en gevlug.

11 Daarop gaan Jehu uit na die dienaars van sy heer, en hulle sê vir hom: Gaan dit goed? Waarom het hierdie kranksinnige by u gekom? En hy antwoord hulle: Julle self ken die man en sy gepraat.

12 Maar hulle sê: Leuens! Vertel ons tog. En hy antwoord: So en so het hy met my gespreek en gesê: So spreek die HERE: Ek salf jou as koning oor Israel.

13 Toe neem hulle gou elkeen sy kleed en lê dit onder hom somaar op die trappe neer; en hulle blaas op die ramshoring en sê: Jehu is koning!

14 Daarop het Jehu, die seun van Josafat, die seun van Nimsi, 'n sameswering gesmee teen Joram. En Joram was besig om by Ramot in G¡lead wag te hou, hy en die hele Israel, teen H sael, die koning van Aram.

15 Intussen het koning Joram teruggegaan om hom in J¡sreël te laat genees van die wonde wat die Arameërs hom toegebring het in die oorlog teen H sael, die koning van Aram. En Jehu het gesê: As julle dit goedvind, laat geen vlugteling uit die stad uitgaan om dit in J¡sreël te gaan vertel nie.

16 Toe klim Jehu op die strydwa en trek na J¡sreël, want Joram het daar gelê; en Ah sia, die koning van Juda, het afgekom om Joram te besoek.

17 En terwyl die wag op die toring in J¡sreël staan, sien hy die skare van Jehu, terwyl hy aankom, en sê: Ek sien 'n skare. Toe sê Joram: Neem 'n ruiter en stuur hulle tegemoet, en laat hom vra: Is dit vrede?

18 En die perderuiter het hom tegemoetgegaan en gesê: So vra die koning: Is dit vrede? Maar Jehu antwoord: Wat het jy met die vrede te doen? Volg my! En die wag het dit te kenne gegee en gesê: Die boodskapper het tot by hulle gekom, maar hy kom nie terug nie.

19 Daarop stuur hy 'n ander perderuiter; en toe die by hulle kom, sê hy: So vra die koning: Is dit vrede? Maar Jehu antwoord: Wat het jy met die vrede te doen? Volg my!

20 En die wag het dit te kenne gegee en gesê: Hy het tot by hulle gekom, maar hy kom nie terug nie. Maar die drywe is soos die drywe van Jehu, die seun van Nimsi, want hy dryf soos 'n kranksinnige.

21 Toe sê Joram: Span in. En hulle het sy wa ingespan; en Joram, die koning van Israel, het uitgetrek, en Ah sia, die koning van Juda, elkeen op sy wa -- hulle het uitgetrek Jehu tegemoet en hom aangetref op die stuk grond van Nabot, die Jisreëliet.

22 En net toe Joram Jehu sien, sê hy: Is dit vrede, Jehu? Maar hy antwoord: Wat? Vrede, solank as die hoererye van jou moeder Is,bel en haar towerye so baie is?

23 Toe ruk Joram om en vlug en sê vir Ah sia: Verraad, Ah sia!

24 Maar Jehu het die boog gespan en Joram tussen sy arms geskiet, sodat die pyl deur sy hart uitgegaan en hy in sy wa inmekaargesak het.

25 Daarop sê hy aan sy adjudant Bidkar: Tel op, gooi hom op die stuk grond van Nabot, die Jisreëliet; want onthou hoe ek en jy saam langs mekaar agter sy vader Agab gery het en die HERE oor hom hierdie uitspraak gegee het:

26 Voorwaar, Ek het die bloed van Nabot en die bloed van sy seuns verlede nag gesien, spreek die HERE, en Ek sal dit aan jou vergelde op hierdie stuk grond, spreek die HERE. Tel dan nou op, gooi hom op die stuk grond volgens die woord van die HERE.

27 Toe Ah sia, die koning van Juda, dit sien, het hy gevlug in die rigting van die tuinhuis; maar Jehu het hom agternagejaag en gesê: Skiet hom ook! En hulle het hom geskiet in die wa, op die hoogte na Gur by J¡bleam. Maar hy het na Meg¡ddo gevlug en daar gesterwe.

28 En sy dienaars het hom na Jerusalem vervoer en hom in sy graf by sy vaders begrawe in die stad van Dawid.

29 En in die elfde jaar van Joram, die seun van Agab, het Ah sia koning oor Juda geword.

30 En Jehu het in J¡sreël gekom. Toe Is,bel dit hoor, het sy haar oë swart geverf en haar hoof versier en deur die venster uitgekyk.

31 Terwyl Jehu deur die poort inkom, sê sy: Gaan dit goed, Simri, moordenaar van jou heer?

32 En hy het opgekyk na die venster en gevra: Wie is vir my, wie? Toe kyk twee, drie hofdienaars uit na hom;

33 en hy sê: Gooi haar af! En hulle het haar afgegooi, sodat van haar bloed teen die muur en teen die perde gespat het, en hy het haar vertrap.

34 En nadat hy ingegaan en geëet en gedrink het, sê hy: Kyk tog om na die vervloekte en begrawe haar, want sy is 'n koningsdogter.

35 Maar toe hulle gaan om haar te begrawe, kry hulle van haar niks nie as net die hoofskedel en die voete en die handpalms.

36 Daarop kom hulle terug en gee hom dit te kenne; en hy sê: Dit is die woord van die HERE wat Hy deur die diens van sy kneg El¡a, die Tisbiet, gespreek het, naamlik: Op die dorpsgrond van J¡sreël sal die honde die vlees van Is,bel eet.

37 En die lyk van Is,bel sal soos mis op die land wees op die dorpsgrond van J¡sreël, sodat hulle nie sal kan sê: Dit is Is,bel nie.