2 Kings 8:24–9:13
24 Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
25 In the twelfthb year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah,c a granddaughter of Omrid king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahabe and did evilf in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.g The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreelh to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramothc in his battle with Hazaeli king of Aram.
Then Ahaziahj son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
9 The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the companyk of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt,l take this flask of olive oilm with you and go to Ramoth Gilead.n 2 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. 3 Then take the flask and pour the oilo 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!”
4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 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.
6 Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oilp 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. 7 You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avengeq the blood of my servantsr the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.s 8 The whole houset of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last maleu in Israel—slave or free.a 9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboamv son of Nebat and like the house of Baashaw son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, dogsx 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 maniacy 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 spreadz them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpeta and shouted, “Jehu is king!”