2. When you arrive there, look for Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Go inside, and have him get up and leave his companions. Take him into an inner room.
3. Take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: I have anointed you king of Israel.’ Then open the door and leave immediately.”
4. The young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
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!”