Verse 5

2 Kings 9:5

GOD'S WORD Translation

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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 of us all?” He said, “To you, O captain.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּבֹ֗א וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה שָׂרֵ֤י הַ/חַ֨יִל֙ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר דָּבָ֥ר לִ֛/י אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ הַ/שָּׂ֑ר וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יֵהוּא֙ אֶל מִ֣י מִ/כֻּלָּ֔/נוּ וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ הַ/שָּֽׂר

English Translation

And he came, and behold, the captains of the guard were sitting, and he spoke a word to you, the captain, and Jehu said to whom among all of us, and he said to you, the captain.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your w... Focus ↗

2 When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him ris... Focus ↗

3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “I have anointed you king... Focus ↗

4 So the young man, even the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. Focus ↗

5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, “I have a message for you...

6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the... Focus ↗

7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, a... Focus ↗

8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wa... Focus ↗

9 I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha t... Focus ↗

10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’”... Focus ↗

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad... Focus ↗

12 They said, “That is a lie. Tell us now.” He said, “He said to me, ‘Yahweh says, I have anointed you... Focus ↗

13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and b... Focus ↗

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ram... Focus ↗

15 but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, w... Focus ↗

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come d... Focus ↗

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came,... Focus ↗

18 So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “Wha... Focus ↗

19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peac... Focus ↗

20 The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu... Focus ↗

21 Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of J... Focus ↗

22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitu... Focus ↗

23 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!” Focus ↗

24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out... Focus ↗

25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth... Focus ↗

26 ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I w... Focus ↗

27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed a... Focus ↗

28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in D... Focus ↗

29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah. Focus ↗

30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head,... Focus ↗

31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?... Focus ↗

32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked... Focus ↗

33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall,... Focus ↗

34 When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; fo... Focus ↗

35 They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her... Focus ↗

36 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his serva... Focus ↗

37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 9 (37 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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