2 Kings · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Kings 9 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this cruse of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
2 And thou shalt enter there, and shalt see there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi, and shalt go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shalt bring him into a secret chamber.
2 When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.
3 And thou shalt take the cruse of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say thou, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel: and thou shalt open the door, and flee, and not tarry.
3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door, flee, and don’t wait.”
4 And the young man the prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
4 So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
5 And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a message to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, “I have a message for you, captain.” Jehu said, “To which one of us?” He said, “To you, O captain.”
6 And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee to be king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.
6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.
7 And thou shalt utterly destroy the house of Ahab thy master from before me, and shalt avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel,
7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 and at the hand of the whole house of Ahab: and thou shalt utterly cut off from the house of Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
9 I will make Ahab’s house 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.
10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.
11 And Jehu went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, [Is] all well? Why came this mad fellow in to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and how he talks.”
12 And they said, [It is] wrong: tell us now. And Jehu said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying—and he said, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee to be king over Israel.
12 They said, “That is a lie. Tell us now.” He said, “He said to me, ‘Yahweh says, I have anointed you king over Israel.’”
13 And when they heard it, they hastened, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Jehu is king.
13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king.”
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defending Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
15 And King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezreel.
15 but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
16 And Jehu rode and advanced, and came down to Jezreel; for Joram king of Israel was getting healed in Jezreel of the arrow wounds wherewith the Syrians [had] wounded him in Ramah in the war with Hazael king of Syria; for he [was] strong and a mighty man: and Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
17 And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezreel, and saw the dust [made by] Jehu as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.
17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
18 And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.
18 So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
19 And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me.
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
20 And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and the driver drives Jehu the son of Nimshi, for it is with furious [haste].
20 The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israel went forth, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
21 Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
22 And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And Jehu said, How [can it be] peace? as yet [there are] the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel, and her abundant witchcrafts.
22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah.
23 Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
24 And Jehu bent his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 And [Jehu] said to Bidkar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I and thou remember, riding [as we were] on chariots after Ahab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against him, [saying],
25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
26 Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, saith the Lord. Now then, I pray thee, take him up and cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord.
26 ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”
27 And Ahaziah king of Judah saw [it], and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued after him, and said, [Slay] him also. And one smote him in the chariot at the going up of Gur, which is Ibleam: and he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his servants put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his sepulcher in the city of David.
28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
30 And Jehu came to Jezreel; and Jezebel heard [of it], and colored her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.
31 And Jehu entered into the city; and she said, Had Zimri, the murderer of his master, peace?
31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
32 And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down toward him.
32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
33 And he said, Throw her [down]. And they threw her [down]; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampled on her.
33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot.
34 And [Jehu] went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.
34 When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.”
35 And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
35 They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
36 And they returned and told him. And he said, [It is] the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel.
36 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘The dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel on the plot of Jezreel,
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.
37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the surface of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won’t say, “This is Jezebel.”’”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Bidkar
Jehu's officer, whom Jehu ordered to throw Joram's body into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 9:25
Jehoshaphat
Named as the father of Jehu, the son of Nimshi.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 9:2; 2 Kings 9:14
Jehu
An army commander anointed king by a young prophet sent by Elisha, who killed Joram, Ahaziah of Judah and Jezebel, wiped out Ahab's house and Baal's worshipers, but did not turn…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:2; 2 Kings 9:6
Nimshi
Named as the father of Jehoshaphat and so the forefather of Jehu, who is often called 'son of Nimshi'.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:2; 2 Kings 9:14
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 4:29; 1 Samuel 16:1; 2 Kings 8:28–29; 1 Kings 1:39
- 2 2 Kings 9:5; 2 Kings 9:11; 2 Kings 9:14; 1 Kings 19:16–17; 1 Kings 22:25
- 3 1 Kings 19:16; Exodus 29:7; Proverbs 8:15–16; 1 Samuel 15:17; John 19:10–11
- 5 Judges 3:19
- 6 2 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:3; 1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:2
- 7 1 Kings 21:15; 1 Kings 18:4; Deuteronomy 32:43; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 21:21
- 8 Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 10:17; 1 Kings 21:21–22
- 9 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 21:22; 1 Kings 14:10–11; 1 Kings 16:11–12; 1 Kings 16:3–5
- 10 1 Kings 21:23; 2 Kings 9:35–36; Jeremiah 22:19; 2 Kings 9:3; Judges 3:26
- 11 Jeremiah 29:26; John 10:20; Acts 26:24; Hosea 9:7; 2 Kings 5:21
- 13 1 Kings 1:39; Mark 11:7–8; 1 Kings 1:34; Psalm 47:5–7; Matthew 21:7–8
- 14 2 Kings 8:28; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 15:27
- 15 2 Kings 8:29; 1 Samuel 27:9–11; 2 Chronicles 22:6
- 16 2 Chronicles 22:6–7; 2 Kings 8:28–29
- 17 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Kings 2:15; Ezekiel 33:2–9; Acts 20:26–31; 1 Samuel 17:22
- 18 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 9:19; Jeremiah 16:5; Isaiah 59:8; Isaiah 48:22
- 20 2 Samuel 18:27; Daniel 11:44; Habakkuk 1:6; 2 Kings 10:16; Habakkuk 3:12
- 21 1 Kings 21:1–7; 2 Chronicles 22:7; Micah 1:13; 1 Kings 20:14; Numbers 20:14
- 22 Nahum 3:4; 2 Chronicles 21:13; 1 Kings 16:30–33; 1 Kings 19:1–2; Revelation 2:20–23
- 23 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Chronicles 23:13
- 24 1 Kings 22:34; Job 20:23–25; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 50:22
- 25 1 Kings 21:19; Isaiah 13:1; 1 Kings 21:24–29; Jeremiah 23:33–38; Malachi 1:1
- 26 1 Kings 21:19; Deuteronomy 24:16; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 5:9
- 27 Judges 1:27; Joshua 17:11; 2 Kings 23:29–30; Judges 5:19; Numbers 16:26
- 28 2 Kings 23:30; 2 Chronicles 35:24; 2 Kings 14:19–20; 2 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Kings 12:21
- 29 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; 2 Kings 8:24–25; 2 Chronicles 22:1–2; 2 Kings 8:16
- 30 Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40; Ezekiel 24:17; 1 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:9–10
- 31 1 Kings 16:9–20
- 32 1 Chronicles 12:18; Esther 1:10; Esther 2:21; Psalm 118:6; Psalm 124:1–2
- 33 Micah 7:10; 2 Kings 7:20; 1 Kings 21:11; 2 Kings 9:26; Malachi 4:3
- 34 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 21:25; Isaiah 65:15; 1 Kings 18:41; Proverbs 10:7
- 35 Jeremiah 22:19; Job 31:3; Isaiah 14:18–20; Acts 12:23; Ecclesiastes 6:3
- 36 1 Kings 21:23; Leviticus 8:36; 2 Kings 14:25; 2 Samuel 12:25
- 37 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 16:4; Psalm 83:10; Jeremiah 25:33; Ecclesiastes 6:3
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences