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Yeehuu Oo Loo Subkay Boqornimada Israa'iil

Markaasaa Eliishaa u yeedhay mid qoonkii nebiyada ka mid ahaa, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War guntiga isku giiji, oo weelkan saliidda ahna gacanta ku sii qaado, oo waxaad tagtaa Raamod Gilecaad. Oo markaad halkaas tagto waxaad doondoontaa Yeehuu ina Yehooshaafaad oo ahaa ina Nimshii, oo u tag oo walaalihiis ka dhex kici, oo intaad kaxaysid qol hoose la gal. Oo markaas waxaad qaadataa weelka saliidda ah oo madaxiisa ku shub, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Rabbigu wuxuu kugu leeyahay, Waxaan kuu subkay inaad ahaato boqor u taliya dalka Israa'iil. Oo markaas intaad albaabka furtid carar oo innaba ha raagin. Sidaas daraaddeed ninkii dhallinyarada ahaa oo nebiga ahaa wuxuu tegey Raamod Gilecaad. Oo markuu yimid ayuu arkay saraakiishii ciidanka oo fadhida; oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Sirkaalow, farriin baan kuu wadaa. Markaasaa Yeehuu yidhi, Kayagee baad u waddaa? Isna wuxuu yidhi, Adigaan kuu wadaa, sirkaalow. Oo markaasuu intuu kacay ayuu gurigii galay, dabadeedna saliiddii buu madaxiisa ku shubay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu kugu leeyahay, Waxaan kuu subkay inaad ahaato boqor u taliya dadka Ilaah oo ah dadka Israa'iil. Oo adna waa inaad laysaa reerka Axaab ee sayidkaaga, inaan ka aargudo dhiiggii addoommadaydii nebiyada ahaa, iyo addoommadii Rabbiga oo dhan ee ay Yesebeel daadisay. Waayo, Axaab reerkiisa oo dhammu waa halligmayaa; oo Axaab waan ka baabbi'in doonaa wiil kasta ha ahaado mid kasta oo dalka Israa'iil ku dhex xidhan ama mid kasta oo ku dhex furan. Oo reerka Axaab waxaan ka dhigayaa sidii reerkii Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad iyo sidii reerkii Bacshaa ina Axiiyaah oo kale. 10 Oo Yesebeel ayaa eeydu ku cuni doonaan dhulka Yesreceel, oo ninna iyada ma xabaali doono, oo markaasuu albaabkii furay oo cararay. 11 Markaasaa Yeehuu u soo baxay addoommadii sayidkiisii; oo midkood baa wuxuu isagii ku yidhi, War wax waluba ma hagaagsan yihiin? Ninkan waalanu muxuu kuugu yimid? Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Idinku waad garanaysaan ninka iyo hadalkiisu wuxuu ahaaba. 12 Oo iyana waxay yidhaahdeen, Taasu waa been; ee bal hadda noo sheeg. Markaasuu yidhi, Saas iyo saas buu igula hadlay, oo igu yidhi, Rabbigu wuxuu kugu leeyahay, Waxaan kuu subkay inaad ahaato boqor u taliya dalka Israa'iil. 13 Markaasay dhaqsadeen oo nin waliba wuxuu qaatay dharkiisii, oo hoostiisay dhigeen jaranjarada dusheeda, buun bayna ku dhufteen, oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Yeehuu waa boqor.

Yeehuu Oo Dilay Yooraam Iyo Axasyaah

14 Sidaasuu Yeehuu ina Yehooshaafaad oo ahaa ina Nimshii u shirqoolay Yooraam. (Haddaba Yooraam iyo dadka Israa'iil oo dhammu waxay u sii haysteen Raamod Gilecaad Xasaa'eel oo ahaa boqorkii Suuriya daraaddiis, 15 laakiinse Boqor Yooraam wuxuu ku noqday Yesreceel in laga soo daweeyo nabrihii reer Suuriya ku dhufteen markuu la diriray boqorkii reer Suuriya oo Xasaa'eel ahaa). Markaasaa Yeehuu wuxuu yidhi, Hadday idinla wanaagsan tahay yaan ninna baxsan oo magaalada ka bixin si uu intuu Yesreceel tago xaalkan u sheego. 16 Markaasuu Yeehuu gaadhifaras fuulay, oo wuxuu tegey xagga Yesreceel, waayo, Yooraam baa halkaas jiifay, oo Axasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudahna wuxuu u yimid inuu Yooraam arko. 17 Haddaba waardiyihii wuxuu kor taagnaa noobiyaddii Yesreceel, oo wuxuu arkay kooxdii Yeehuu oo soo socota; markaasuu yidhi, Waxaan u jeedaa koox. Yooraamna wuxuu yidhi, Nin faras wata u dir, oo ha ka hor tago, oo ha ku yidhaahdo, War ma nabad baa? 18 Sidaas daraaddeed waxaa tegey mid faras ku jooga inuu isaga ka hor tago, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Boqorkii wuxuu ku leeyahay, Ma nabad baa? Oo Yeehuu baa wuxuu ku yidhi, War maxaa nabad kaa galay? I soo daba gal. Markaasaa ninkii waardiyaha ahaa wuxuu yidhi, Ninkii wargeeyska ahaa wuu u tegey iyagii, laakiinse soo noqon maayo. 19 Markaasuu haddana diray mid labaad oo faras ku jooga, oo isna intuu u tegey ayuu ku yidhi, Boqorkii wuxuu ku leeyahay, Ma nabad baa? Oo Yeehuu baa ugu jawaabay, War maxaa nabad kaa galay? I soo daba gal. 20 Markaasaa ninkii waardiyaha ahaa yidhi, Isna wuu u tegey iyagii, laakiinse soo noqon maayo, oo socodkuna wuxuu u eg yahay sidii socodkii Yeehuu ina Nimshii; waayo, wuxuu gaadhifaraskiisa u kaxeeyaa sidii isagoo waalan. 21 Markaasaa Yooraam yidhi, Gaadhifaras diyaariya. Oo iyana gaadhifaraskiisii ayay diyaariyeen. Kolkaasaa Yooraam oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil iyo Axasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudahba waxay baxeen isagoo mid waliba gaadhifaraskiisii ku jiro, oo waxay u baxeen inay Yeehuu ka hor tagaan, oo waxay ka heleen beertii Naabood kii reer Yesreceel. 22 Oo markii Yooraam Yeehuu arkay ayuu ku yidhi, War Yeehuu, ma nabad baa? Oo isna wuxuu ugu jawaabay, War xaggee nabadu joogtaa inta hooyadaa Yesebeel dhillanimadeedii iyo sixirnimadeediiba ay aad u badan yihiin? 23 Markaasaa Yooraam intuu faraskii dib u ceshaday ayuu cararay oo wuxuu Axasyaah ku yidhi, War Axasyaah, tanu waa khiyaano. 24 Markaasaa Yeehuu qaansadiisii ku xooday xooggiisii oo dhan, oo Yooraam ku dhuftay labada garab dhexdooda, oo fallaadhiina waxay ka mudhbaxday wadnaha, markaasuu ku dhex dhacay gaadhifaraskiisii. 25 Kolkaasaa Yeehuu wuxuu ku yidhi Bidqar oo sirkaalkiisii ahaa, Isaga kor u qaad oo ku dhex tuur beerta Naabood kii reer Yesreceel; waayo, bal xusuuso sidii Rabbigu isaga hadalkan culus uga sheegay markaynu aniga iyo adiguba innagoo fardo fuushan aabbihiis Axaab daba soconnay; 26 Rabbigu wuxuu yidhi, Hubaal shalayto waxaan arkay Naabood dhiiggiisii iyo dhiiggii wiilashiisii, haddaba adiga beertan baan abaalkaaga kugu siinayaa. Sidaas daraaddeed isaga qaad oo beerta ku dhex tuur sidii erayga Rabbigu ahaa. 27 Laakiinse Axasyaah oo ahaa boqorkii dalka Yahuudah markuu taas arkay ayuu u cararay xagga gurigii beerta. Oo Yeehuuna wuu eryaday oo wuxuu yidhi, War isagana gaadhifaraskiisa ku dhex dila. Markaasay isagii ku dileen jiirtii Guur oo Yiblecaam ku ag taal. Wuuna u cararay xagga Megiddoo oo halkaasuu ku dhintay. 28 Addoommadiisii ayaa gaadhifaras xagga Yeruusaalem ugu qaaday, oo qabrigiisii ayay awowayaashiis kula aaseen magaaladii Daa'uud dhexdeeda.

29 Oo Axasyaah wuxuu dalka Yahuudah boqor ka noqday sannaddii kow iyo tobnaad oo Yooraam ina Axaab.

Yesebeel Waa La Dilay

30 Oo Yeehuu markuu Yesreceel yimid ayaa Yesebeel maqashay, markaasay intay indhakuulatay oo gambaysatay daaqaddii ka fiirisay. 31 Oo markii Yeehuu iriddii ka soo galay ayay tidhi, Simriigii sayidkiisii dilayow, ma nabad baa? 32 Oo isna intuu kor u eegay xagga daaqaddii ayuu yidhi, War yaa ila gees ah? Yaa ila gees ah? Markaasaa waxaa soo fiiriyey laba ama saddex nin oo bohon ah. 33 Kolkaasuu ku yidhi, Soo tuura iyada. Iyana way soo tuureen, oo dhiiggeedii waxaa qaar ku saydhmay derbigii iyo fardihii; oo isna kolkaasuu iyadii ku tuntay. 34 Oo markuu meeshii galay ayuu wax cunay oo wax cabbay, dabadeedna wuxuu yidhi, Bal naagtan habaaran u jeesta oo aasa, waayo, iyadu waa ina boqor. 35 Oo iyana waxay u tageen inay iyadii soo aasaan, laakiinse waxba kama ay helin dhaladii iyo cagihii iyo calaacalihii gacmaheeda mooyaane. 36 Sidaas daraaddeed way soo noqdeen, oo isagii bay u soo sheegeen. Wuxuuna yidhi, Kanu waa eraygii Rabbigu kaga hadlay addoonkiisii Eliiyaah kii reer Tishbii isagoo leh, Beerta Yesreceel dhexdeeda ayaa eeydu ku cuni doonaan Yesebeel hilibkeeda. 37 Oo Yesebeel meydkeedu wuxuu ahaan doonaa sida digo taal beerta Yesreceel dhexdeeda, si aan loo odhan, Tanu waa Yesebeel.

Jehu Anointed King of Israel

The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company(A) of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt,(B) take this flask of olive oil(C) with you and go to Ramoth Gilead.(D) When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go to him, get him away from his companions and take him into an inner room. Then take the flask and pour the oil(E) on his head and declare, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run; don’t delay!”

So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said.

“For which of us?” asked Jehu.

“For you, commander,” he replied.

Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil(F) on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge(G) the blood of my servants(H) the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.(I) The whole house(J) of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male(K) in Israel—slave or free.[a] I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam(L) son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha(M) son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, dogs(N) will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.

11 When Jehu went out to his fellow officers, one of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this maniac(O) come to you?”

“You know the man and the sort of things he says,” Jehu replied.

12 “That’s not true!” they said. “Tell us.”

Jehu said, “Here is what he told me: ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”

13 They quickly took their cloaks and spread(P) them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet(Q) and shouted, “Jehu is king!”

Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah(R)

14 So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth Gilead(S) against Hazael king of Aram, 15 but King Joram[b] had returned to Jezreel to recover(T) from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him in the battle with Hazael king of Aram.) Jehu said, “If you desire to make me king, don’t let anyone slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” 16 Then he got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel, because Joram was resting there and Ahaziah(U) king of Judah had gone down to see him.

17 When the lookout(V) standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, “I see some troops coming.”

“Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to meet them and ask, ‘Do you come in peace?(W)’”

18 The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

“What do you have to do with peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

The lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.”

19 So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them he said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Jehu replied, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

20 The lookout reported, “He has reached them, but he isn’t coming back either. The driving is like(X) that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives like a maniac.”

21 “Hitch up my chariot,” Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth(Y) the Jezreelite. 22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?”

“How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel(Z) abound?”

23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery,(AA) Ahaziah!”

24 Then Jehu drew his bow(AB) and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy(AC) against him: 26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth(AD) and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’[c] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”(AE)

27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[d] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam,(AF) but he escaped to Megiddo(AG) and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot(AH) to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. 29 (In the eleventh(AI) year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)

Jezebel Killed

30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup,(AJ) arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri,(AK) you murderer of your master?”[e]

32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.(AL)

34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”(AM) 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. 36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs(AN) will devour Jezebel’s flesh.[f](AO) 37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung(AP) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:8 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
  2. 2 Kings 9:15 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 17 and 21-24
  3. 2 Kings 9:26 See 1 Kings 21:19.
  4. 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house
  5. 2 Kings 9:31 Or “Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”
  6. 2 Kings 9:36 See 1 Kings 21:23.

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:

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;

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.

So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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 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.

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.