II Kings 9 · מלכים ב

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this flask of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramot-gil῾ad:

and when thou comest there, look out there Yehu the son of Yehoshafat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him rise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Yisra᾽el. Then open the door, and flee, and do not wait.

So the young man, namely, the young man, the prophet, went to Ramot-gil῾ad.

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Yehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain.

And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, over Yisra᾽el.

And thou shalt smite the house of Aĥ᾽av 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 Izevel.

For the whole house of Aĥ᾽av shall perish: and I will cut off from Aĥ᾽av every male person, and him that is shut up and him that is left free in Yisra᾽el:

and I will make the house of Aĥ᾽av like the house of Yorov῾am the son of Nevat, and like the house of Ba῾asha the son of Aĥiyya:

and the dogs shall eat Izevel in the portion of Yizre῾el, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

Then Yehu came out to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why did this mad fellow come to thee? And he said to them, you know the man, and his way of talking.

And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Yisra᾽el.

Then they hastened, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the shofar, saying, Yehu is king.

So Yehu the son of Yehoshafat the son of Nimshi conspired against Yoram. (Now Yoram had been guarding Ramot-gil῾ad, he and all Yisra᾽el, because of Ḥaza᾽el king of Aram.

But king Yoram was returned to be healed in Yizre῾el of the wounds which the Arammim had given him, when he fought with Ḥaza᾽el king of Aram.) And Yehu said, If this be your mind, then let none go out or escape from the city to go to tell it in Yizre῾el.

So Yehu rode in a chariot, and went to Yizre῾el; for Yoram lay there. And Aĥazya king of Yehuda had come down to see Yoram.

And there stood a watchman on the tower in Yizre῾el, and he saw the company of Yehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Yehoram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Yehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn round and ride behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he does not return.

Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus say the king, Is it peace? And Yehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn round and ride behind me.

And the watchman told, saying, He came to them, and does not return: and the driving is like the driving of Yehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

And Yehoram said, Harness. And they harnessed his chariot. And Yehoram king of Yisra᾽el and Aĥazyahu king of Yehuda went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Yehu, and met him in the portion of Navot the Yizre῾elite.

And it came to pass, when Yehoram saw Yehu, that he said, Is it peace, Yehu? And he answered, What peace can there be, so long as the lewd practices of thy mother Izevel and her witchcrafts are so many?

And Yehoram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Aĥazyahu, Treachery, Aĥazya.

And Yehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Yehoram between his arms, and the arrows went out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

Then said Yehu to Bidqar his captain, Take him up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Navot the Yizre῾elite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Aĥ᾽av his father, the Lord pronounced this burden upon him;

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Navot, and the blood of his sons, says the Lord; and I will repay thee in this plot of ground says the Lord. Now therefore take him and cast him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

But when Aĥazya the king of Yehuda saw this, he fled by the way of Bet-haggan, And Yehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the ascent of Gur, which is by Yivle῾am. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Yerushalayim, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

And in the eleventh year of Yoram the son of Aĥ᾽av had Aĥazya begun to reign over Yehuda.

And when Yehu was come to Yizre῾el, Izevel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.

And as Yehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace? thou Zimri, who murdered his master.

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.

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 trampled her under foot.

And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now to this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.

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.

So they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Eliyyahu the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Yizre῾el, shall dogs eat the flesh of Izevel:

And the carcass of Izevel shall be as dung upon the open field in the portion of Yizre῾el; so that they shall not be able to say, This is Izevel.