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 Ramothgilead# :
			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; [inner...: Heb. chamber in a 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 Ramothgilead# .
			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# . [is king: Heb. reigneth]
			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. [Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen] [had given: Heb. smote] [let none...: Heb. let no escaper go, etc]
			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. [driving: or, marching] [furiously: Heb. in madness]
			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. [Make ready: Heb. Bind] [met: Heb. found]
			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. [drew...: Heb. filled his hand with a bow] [sunk: Heb. bowed]
			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. [blood: Heb. bloods] [plat: or, portion]
			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. [painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting]
			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. [eunuchs: or, chamberlains]
			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: [by: Heb. by the hand of]
			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.