II Kings 9

ve'elisha hannavi qara le'akhad mibbene hannevi'im vayyomer lo khagor motnekha veqakh pakh hashemen hazzeh beyadekha velekh ramot gilad

Then the prophet Elisha summoned one of the disciples of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your skirts, and take along this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

uvata-shammah ure'eh-sham yehu ven-yehoshafat ben-nimshi uvata vahaqemoto mittokh ekhayw veheveta oto kheder bekhader

When you arrive there, go and see Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi; get him to leave his comrades, and take him into an inner room.

velaqakhta fakh-hashemen veyatsaqta al-rosho ve'amarta koh-amar Adonai meshakhtikha lemelekh el-yisra'el ufatakhta haddelet venastah velo tekhakkeh

Then take the flask of oil and pour some on his head, and say, ‘Thus said GOD: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee without delay.”

vayyelekh hanna'ar hanna'ar hannavi ramot gilad

The young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

vayyavo vehinneh sare hakhayil yoshevim vayyomer davar li elekha hassar vayyomer yehu el-mi mikkullanu vayyomer elekha hassar

When he arrived, the army commanders were sitting together. He said, “Commander, I have a message for you.” “For which one of us?” Jehu asked. He answered, “For you, commander.”

vayyaqom vayyavo habbaytah vayyitsoq hashemen el-rosho vayyomer lo koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el meshakhtikha lemelekh el-am Adonai el-yisra'el

So [Jehu] arose and went inside; and [the disciple] poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I anoint you king over the people of GOD, over Israel.

vehikkitah et-bet akhav adonekha veniqqamti deme avaday hannevi'im udeme kol-avde Adonai miyyad izavel

You shall strike down the House of Ahab your master; thus will I avenge on Jezebel the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of the other servants of GOD.

ve'avad kol-bet akhav vehikhratti le'akhav mashtin beqir ve'atsur ve'azuv beyisra'el

The whole House of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off every male belonging to Ahab, bond and free in Israel.

venatatti et-bet akhav kevet yarovam ben-nevat ukhevet basha ven-akhiyyah

I will make the House of Ahab like the House of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the House of Baasha son of Ahijah.

ve'et-izevel yokhelu hakkelavim bekheleq yizre'el ve'en qover vayyiftakh haddelet vayyanos

The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the field of Jezreel, with none to bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.

veyehu yatsa el-avde adonayw vayyomer lo hashalom maddua ba-hameshugga hazzeh elekha vayyomer alehem attem yedatem et-ha'ish ve'et-sikho

Jehu went out to the other officers of his master, and they asked him, “Is all well? What did that madman come to you for?” He said to them, “You know the man and his ranting!”

vayyomeru sheqer hagged-na lanu vayyomer kazot vekhazot amar elay lemor koh amar Adonai meshakhtikha lemelekh el-yisra'el

“You’re lying,” they said. “Tell us [the truth].” Then he replied, “Thus and thus he said: Thus said GOD: I anoint you king over Israel!”

vayemaharu vayyiqkhu ish bigdo vayyasimu takhtayw el-gerem hamma'alot vayyitqe'u bashofar vayyomeru malakh yehu

Quickly each man took his cloak and placed it under him, on the top step. They sounded the horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”

vayyitqasher yehu ben-yehoshafat ben-nimshi el-yoram veyoram hayah shomer beramot gilad hu vekhol-yisra'el mippene khaza'el melekh-aram

Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against King Hazael of Aram,

vayyashov yehoram hammelekh lehitrappe veyizre'el min-hammakkim asher yakkuhu arammim behillakhamo et-khaza'el melekh aram vayyomer yehu im-yesh nafshekhem al-yetse falit min-ha'ir lalekhet (lgyd) [lehaggid] beyizre'el

but King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in his battle with King Hazael of Aram. Jehu said, “If such is your wish, allow no one to slip out of the town to go and report this in Jezreel.”

vayyirkav yehu vayyelekh yizre'elah ki yoram shokhev shammah va'akhazyah melekh yehudah yarad lirot et-yoram

Then Jehu mounted his chariot and drove to Jezreel; for Joram was lying ill there, and King Ahaziah of Judah had gone down to visit Joram.

vehatsofeh omed al-hammigdal beyizre'el vayyar et-shifat yehu bevo'o vayyomer shifat ani ro'eh vayyomer yehoram qakh rakkav ushelakh liqratam veyomar hashalom

The lookout was stationed on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the troop of Jehu as he approached. He called out, “I see a troop!” Joram said, “Dispatch a horseman to meet them and let him ask: Is all well?”

vayyelekh rokhev hassus liqrato vayyomer koh-amar hammelekh hashalom vayyomer yehu mah-llekha uleshalom sov el-akharay vayyagged hatsofeh lemor ba-hammalakh ad-hem velo-shav

The horseman went to meet him, and he said, “The king inquires: Is all well?” Jehu replied, “What concern of yours is it whether all is well? Fall in behind me.” The lookout reported: “The messenger has reached them, but has not turned back.”

vayyishlakh rokhev sus sheni vayyavo alehem vayyomer koh-amar hammelekh shalom vayyomer yehu mah-llekha uleshalom sov el-akharay

So he sent out a second horseman. He came to them and said, “Thus says the king: Is all well?” Jehu answered, “What concern of yours is it whether all is well? Fall in behind me.”

vayyagged hatsofeh lemor ba ad-alehem velo-shav vehamminhag keminhag yehu ven-nimshi ki veshigga'on yinhag

And the lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them, but has not turned back. And it looks like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, who drives wildly.”

vayyomer yehoram esor vayyesor rikhbo vayyetse yehoram melekh-yisra'el va'akhazyahu melekh-yehudah ish berikhbo vayyetse'u liqrat yehu vayyimtsa'uhu bekhelqat navot hayyizre'eli

Joram ordered, “Hitch up [the chariot]!” They hitched up his chariot; and King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

vayehi kirot yehoram et-yehu vayyomer hashalom yehu vayyomer mah hashalom ad-zenune izevel immekha ukheshafeha harabbim

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is all well, Jehu?” But Jehu replied, “How can all be well as long as your mother Jezebel carries on her countless whoredoms and sorceries?”

vayyahafokh yehoram yadayw vayyanos vayyomer el-akhazyahu mirmah akhazyah

Thereupon Joram turned his horses around and fled, crying out to Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”

veyehu mille yado vaqqeshet vayyakh et-yehoram ben zero'ayw vayyetse hakhetsi millibbo vayyikhra berikhbo

But Jehu drew his bow and hit Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he collapsed in his chariot.

vayyomer el-bidqar shalishoh sa hashlikhehu bekhelqat sedeh navot hayyizre'eli ki-zekhor ani va'attah et rokhevim tsemadim akhare akhav aviv va-Adonai nasa alayw et-hammassa hazzeh

Jehu thereupon ordered his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, when GOD made this pronouncement about him:

im-lo et-deme navot ve'et-deme vanayw ra'iti emesh ne'um-Adonai veshillamti lekha bakhelqah hazzot ne'um-Adonai ve'attah sa hashlikhehu bakhelqah kidvar Adonai

‘I swear, I have taken note of the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday—declares GOD. And I will requite you in this plot—declares GOD.’ So pick him up and throw him unto the plot in accordance with the word of GOD.”

va'akhazyah melekh-yehudah ra'ah vayyanos derekh bet haggan vayyirdof akharayw yehu vayyomer gam-oto hakkuhu el-hammerkavah bema'aleh-gur asher et-yivle'am vayyanos megiddo vayyamot sham

On seeing this, King Ahaziah of Judah fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him down too!” [And they shot him] in his chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

vayyarkivu oto avadayw yerushalae͏mah vayyiqberu oto viqvurato im-avotayw be'ir david

His servants conveyed him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his grave with his ancestors, in the City of David.

uvishnat akhat esreh shanah leyoram ben-akhav malakh akhazyah al-yehudah

(Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.)

vayyavo yehu yizre'elah ve'izevel shame'ah vattasem bappukh eneha vattetev et-roshah vattashqef be'ad hakhallon

Jehu went on to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard of it, she painted her eyes with kohl and dressed her hair, and she looked out of the window.

veyehu ba vasha'ar vattomer hashalom zimri horeg adonayw

As Jehu entered the gate, she called out, “Is all well, Zimri, murderer of your master?”

vayyissa fanayw el-hakhallon vayyomer mi itti mi vayyashqifu elayw shenayim sheloshah sarisim

He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side, who?” And two or three eunuchs leaned out toward him.

vayyomer (shmthv) [shimtuha] vayyishmetuha vayyiz middamah el-haqqir ve'el-hassusim vayyirmesennah

“Throw her down,” he said. They threw her down; and her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled her.

vayyavo vayyokhal vayyesht vayyomer piqdu-na et-ha'arurah hazzot veqivruha ki vat-melekh hi

Then he went inside and ate and drank. And he said, “Attend to that cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”

vayyelekhu leqovrah velo-matse'u vah ki im-haggulgolet veharaglayim vekhappot hayyadayim

So they went to bury her; but all they found of her were the skull, the feet, and the hands.

vayyashuvu vayyaggidu lo vayyomer devar-Adonai hu asher dibber beyad-avdo eliyyahu hattishbi lemor bekheleq yizre'el yokhelu hakkelavim et-besar izavel

They came back and reported to him; and he said, “It is just as GOD spoke through Elijah the Tishbite—God’s servant: The dogs shall devour the flesh of Jezebel in the field of Jezreel;

(vhyt) [vehayetah] nivlat izevel kedomen al-pene hassadeh bekheleq yizre'el asher lo-yomeru zot izavel

and the carcass of Jezebel shall be like dung on the ground, in the field of Jezreel, so that none will be able to say: ‘This was Jezebel.’”