2 Kings 9:20
The watchman reported,“He reached them, but hasn’t started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly.”
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- 2 Sam 18:27 : 27 The watchman said,“It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said,“He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”
- 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.
- 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 Jehu said,“Come with me and see how zealous I am for the LORD’s cause.” So he took him along in his chariot.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Isa 54:16 : 16 Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.
- Dan 11:44 : 44 But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.
- Hab 1:6 : 6 Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
- Hab 3:12 : 12 You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations.
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- 2 Kgs 9:10-1910 verses84%
10Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’” Then he opened the door and ran away.
11When Jehu rejoined his master’s servants, they asked him,“Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?” He replied,“Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”
12But they said,“You’re lying! Tell us what he said.” So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘I have designated you as king over Israel.’”
13Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s feet on the steps. The trumpet was blown and they shouted,“Jehu is king!”
14Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Jehu the AssassinNow Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.
15But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters,“If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”
16Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there.(Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.)
17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. He said,“I see troops!” Jehoram ordered,“Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask,‘Is everything all right?’”
18So the horseman went to meet him and said,“This is what the king says,‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied,“None of your business! Follow me.” The watchman reported,“The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”
19So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said,“This is what the king says,‘Is everything all right?’” Jehu replied,“None of your business! Follow me.”
- 2 Kgs 9:21-255 verses80%
21Jehoram ordered,“Hitch up my chariot.” When his chariot had been hitched up, King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.
22When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked,“Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied,“How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”
23Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah,“It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”
24Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.
25Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar,“Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the LORD pronounced this oracle against him,
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27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kgs 9:4-52 verses75%
4So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.
5When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. So he said,“I have a message for you, O officer.” Jehu asked,“For which one of us?” He replied,“For you, O officer.”
- 2 Kgs 10:16-172 verses74%
16Jehu said,“Come with me and see how zealous I am for the LORD’s cause.” So he took him along in his chariot.
17He went to Samaria and killed each of Ahab’s remaining family members who were in Samaria until he destroyed them, in keeping with the LORD’s message which he had announced to Elijah.
- 2 Kgs 10:11-144 verses74%
11Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.
12Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,
13Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked,“Who are you?” They replied,“We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.”
14He said,“Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.
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2When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room.
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2“You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives,
- 1 Kgs 22:32-332 verses73%
32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said,“He must be the king of Israel.” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
33When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
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32When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.
- 2 Chr 22:7-82 verses72%
7God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had commissioned to wipe out Ahab’s family.
8While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.
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6He wrote them a second letter, saying,“If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, then take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent men of the city were raising them.
- 2 Sam 18:25-273 verses71%
25So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said,“If he is by himself, he brings good news.” The runner came ever closer.
26Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper,“There is another man running by himself.” The king said,“This one also is bringing good news.”
27The watchman said,“It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” The king said,“He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”
- 2 Kgs 9:31-322 verses71%
31When Jehu came through the gate, she said,“Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”
32He looked up at the window and said,“Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
- 2 Kgs 10:24-252 verses70%
24They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them,“If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!”
25When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers,“Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal.
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17Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.
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4They were absolutely terrified and said,“Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”
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4The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.
- 1 Kgs 18:45-462 verses70%
45Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.
46Now the LORD energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
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18When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them,“Didn’t I tell you,‘Don’t go’?”
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5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,“Why have you returned?”
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7When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”
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2the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat,“Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the LORD? Because you have done this the LORD is angry with you!
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11As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
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36So they went back and told him. Then he said,“It is the fulfillment of the LORD’s message that he had spoken through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite,‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.