God's Word Translation

2 Kings 9:5-19 God's Word Translation (GW)

5. When he arrived there, the army’s generals were sitting together. He said, “I have something to tell you, General.”Jehu asked, “Which one of us?”He answered, “You, General!”

6. Jehu got up and went into the house. The prophet poured olive oil on his head and told him, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I have anointed you king of the Lord’s people, ⌊king⌋ of Israel.

7. You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge on Jezbel for shedding the blood of my servants the prophets and all the Lord’s ⌊other⌋ servants.

8. Ahab’s entire family will die. I will destroy every male from Ahab’s family, whether slave or freeman in Israel.

9. I will make Ahab’s family like the family of Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) and like the family of Baasha, son of Ahijah.

10. Dogs will eat Jezbel inside the walls of Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then he opened the door and left.

11. Jehu came out to his master’s officials. One of them asked him, “Is everything alright? Why did this lunatic come to you?”He answered, “You know the man and the kind of things he says.”

12. They said, “That’s not an answer. Please tell us.”Jehu replied, “We talked for a while, and he said to me, ‘This is what the Lord says: I have anointed you king of Israel.’ ”

13. Then each one of them immediately took off his coat and laid it on the stairs below him. They blew a ram’s horn and said, “Jehu is king!”

14. So Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi, plotted against Joram. (Joram and all Israel were guarding Ramoth Gilead against King Hazael of Aram.

15. But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received while fighting King Hazael of Aram.)Then Jehu said, “If you want me to be king, don’t let anyone escape from the city to take the news to Jezreel.”

16. So Jehu got on his chariot and drove to Jezreel because Joram was lying in bed there. (King Ahaziah of Judah had come to see Joram.)

17. The watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops coming. He said, “I see some troops.”So Joram said, “Take a chariot driver, send him to meet them, and ask, ‘Is everything alright?’ ”

18. So a chariot driver rode off, met Jehu, and said, “The king asks, ‘Is everything alright?’”Jehu replied, “Why should that matter to you? Follow me.”So the watchman announced, “The messenger you sent has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.”

19. Then Joram sent out a second driver. When he came to them, he said, “The king asks, ‘Is everything alright?’”Jehu replied, “Why should that matter to you? Follow me.”