2 Kings 9:1–10

¹Now Elisha the prophet called one of ^athe sons of the prophets and said to him, “^bGird up your loins, and ^ctake this flask of oil in your hand and go to ^dRamoth-gilead.

²“When you arrive there, ¹search out ^aJehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and ^2bbid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room.

³“Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “^aI have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”

⁴So ^athe young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

⁵When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, “I have a word for you, O captain.” And Jehu said, “¹For which one of us?” And he said, “For you, O captain.”

⁶He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘^aI have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.

⁷‘You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, ^athat I may avenge ^bthe blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, ^cat the hand of Jezebel.

⁸‘For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and ^aI will cut off from Ahab ^bevery male person ^cboth bond and free in Israel.

⁹‘^aI will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and ^blike the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

¹⁰‘^aThe dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and fled.