2 Kings 9:1–10

Jehu Anointed King of Israel

9And Elisha the prophet called one of ^athe sons of the prophets, and said to him, ^b“Get ¹yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, ^cand go to Ramoth Gilead. ²Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among ^dhis associates, and take him to an inner room. ³Then ^etake the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.”

⁴So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. ⁵And when he arrived, there were the captains of the army sitting; and he said, “I have a message for you, Commander.”

Jehu said, “For which one of us?”

And he said, “For you, Commander.” ⁶Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, ^f“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. ⁷You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may ^gavenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, ^hat the hand of Jezebel. ⁸For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and ⁱI will cut off from Ahab all ^jthe males in Israel, both ^kbond and free. ⁹So I will make the house of Ahab like the house of ^lJeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of ^mBaasha the son of Ahijah. ¹⁰ⁿThe dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.’ ” And he opened the door and fled.