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 Heliseus autem prophetes vocavit unum de filiis prophetarum et ait illi
accinge lumbos tuos et tolle lenticulam olei hanc in manu tua
et vade in Ramoth Galaad
2 cumque veneris illuc videbis Hieu filium Iosaphat filii Namsi
et ingressus suscitabis eum de medio fratrum suorum
et introduces interius cubiculum
3 tenensque lenticulam olei fundes super caput eius
et dices haec dicit Dominus unxi te regem super Israhel
aperiesque ostium et fugies et non ibi subsistes
4 abiit ergo adulescens puer prophetae Ramoth Galaad
5 et ingressus est
ecce autem principes exercitus sedebant
et ait verbum mihi ad te princeps
dixitque Hieu ad quem ex omnibus nobis
at ille dixit ad te o princeps
6 et surrexit et ingressus est cubiculum
at ille fudit oleum super caput eius et ait
haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
unxi te regem super populum Domini Israhel
7 et percuties domum Ahab domini tui
ut ulciscar sanguinem servorum meorum prophetarum
et sanguinem omnium servorum Domini de manu Hiezabel
8 perdamque omnem domum Ahab
et interficiam de Ahab mingentem ad parietem
et clausum et novissimum in Israhel
9 et dabo domum Ahab sicut domum Hieroboam filii Nabath
et sicut domum Baasa filii Ahia
10 Hiezabel quoque comedent canes in agro Hiezrahel
nec erit qui sepeliat eam
aperuitque ostium et fugit
11 Hieu autem egressus est ad servos domini sui
qui dixerunt ei rectene sunt omnia quid venit insanus iste ad te
qui ait eis nostis hominem et quid locutus sit
12 at illi responderunt falsum est sed magis narra nobis
qui ait eis haec et haec locutus est mihi
et ait haec dicit Dominus unxi te regem super Israhel
13 festinaverunt itaque et unusquisque tollens pallium suum
posuerunt sub pedibus eius in similitudinem tribunalis
et cecinerunt tuba atque dixerunt regnavit Hieu
14 coniuravit ergo Hieu filius Iosaphat filii Namsi contra Ioram
porro Ioram obsederat Ramoth Galaad ipse et omnis Israhel
contra Azahel regem Syriae
15 et reversus fuerat ut curaretur in Hiezrahel propter vulnera
quia percusserant eum Syri proeliantem contra Azahel regem Syriae
dixitque Hieu si placet vobis nemo egrediatur profugus de civitate
ne vadat et nuntiet in Hiezrahel
16 et ascendit et profectus est in Hiezrahel
Ioram enim aegrotabat ibi
et Ahazia rex Iuda descenderat ad visitandum Ioram
17 igitur speculator qui stabat super turrem Hiezrahel
vidit globum Hieu venientis et ait video ego globum
dixitque Ioram tolle currum et mitte in occursum eorum
et dicat vadens rectene sunt omnia
18 abiit igitur qui ascenderat currum in occursum eius
et ait haec dicit rex pacata sunt omnia
dixitque ei Hieu quid tibi et paci transi et sequere me
nuntiavit quoque speculator dicens
venit nuntius ad eos et non revertitur
19 misit etiam currum equorum secundum
venitque ad eos et ait haec dicit rex num pax est
et ait Hieu quid tibi et paci transi et sequere me
20 nuntiavit autem speculator dicens
venit usque ad eos et non revertitur
est autem incessus quasi incessus Hieu filii Namsi
praeceps enim graditur
21 et ait Ioram iunge currum
iunxeruntque currum eius
et egressus est Ioram rex Israhel
et Ahazias rex Iuda singuli in curribus suis
egressique sunt in occursum Hieu
et invenerunt eum in agro Naboth Hiezrahelitis
22 cumque vidisset Ioram Hieu dixit pax est Hieu
at ille respondit quae pax
adhuc fornicationes Hiezabel matris tuae et veneficia
eius multa vigent
23 convertit autem Ioram manum suam
et fugiens ait ad Ahaziam insidiae Ahazia
24 porro Hieu tetendit arcum manu et percussit Ioram inter scapulas
et egressa est sagitta per cor eius statimque corruit in curru suo
25 dixitque Hieu ad Baddacer ducem
tolle proice eum in agro Naboth Hiezrahelitae
memini enim quando ego et tu sedentes in curru sequebamur Ahab patrem
huius
quod Dominus onus hoc levaverit super eum dicens
26 si non pro sanguine Naboth et pro sanguine filiorum eius
quem vidi heri ait Dominus
reddam tibi in agro isto dicit Dominus
nunc igitur tolle proice eum in agro
iuxta verbum Domini
27 Ahazias autem rex Iuda videns hoc fugit per viam domus horti
persecutusque est eum Hieu et ait
etiam hunc percutite in curru suo
in ascensu Gaber qui est iuxta Ieblaam
qui fugit in Mageddo et mortuus est ibi
28 et inposuerunt eum servi eius super currum suum
et tulerunt Hierusalem
sepelieruntque in sepulchro cum patribus suis in
civitate David
29 anno undecimo Ioram filii Ahab
rege Ahazia super Iudam
30 venit Hieu Hiezrahel
porro Hiezabel introitu eius audito
depinxit oculos suos stibio et ornavit caput suum
et respexit per fenestram
31 ingredientem Hieu per portam et ait
numquid pax esse potest Zamri qui interfecit
dominum suum
32 levavitque Hieu faciem suam ad fenestram et ait quae est ista
et inclinaverunt se ad eum duo vel tres eunuchi
33 at ille dixit eis praecipitate eam deorsum
et praecipitaverunt eam aspersusque est sanguine paries
et equorum ungulae qui conculcaverunt eam
34 cumque ingressus esset
et comederet bibissetque ait
ite videte maledictam illam et sepelite eam quia filia
regis est
35 cumque issent ut sepelirent eam
non invenerunt nisi calvariam et pedes et summas manus
36 reversique nuntiaverunt ei
et ait Hieu sermo Domini est
quem locutus est per servum suum Heliam Thesbiten dicens
in agro Hiezrahel comedent canes carnes Hiezabel
37 et erunt carnes Hiezabel sicut stercus super faciem terrae in agro
Hiezrahel
ita ut praetereuntes dicant haecine est illa Hiezabel