Then the prophet Elisha summoned one of the disciples of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your skirts,aTie up your skirts See note at 4.29. and take along this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
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.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולקחת
544
פךהשמן
495
ויצקת
606
עלראשו
607
ואמרת
647
כהאמר
266
יהוה
26
משחתיך
778
למלך
120
אלישראל
572
ופתחת
894
הדלת
439
ונסתה
521
ולא
37
תחכה
433
II Kings 9:4
Gematria: 1531
וילךהנערהנערהנביארמתגלעד
The young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
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.”
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.
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.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והכיתה
446
אתבית
813
אחאב
12
אדניך
85
ונקמתי
606
דמי
54
עבדי
86
הנביאים
118
ודמי
60
כלעבדי
136
יהוה
26
מיד
54
איזבל
50
II Kings 9:8
Gematria: 3288
ואבדכלביתאחאבוהכרתילאחאבמשתיןבקירועצורועזובבישראל
The whole House of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off every male belonging to Ahab, bond and freebbond and free See note at 1 Kings 14.10. in Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואבד
13
כלבית
462
אחאב
12
והכרתי
641
לאחאב
42
משתין
800
בקיר
312
ועצור
372
ועזוב
91
בישראל
543
II Kings 9:9
Gematria: 3445
ונתתיאתביתאחאבכביתירבעםבןנבטוכביתבעשאבןאחיה
I will make the House of Ahab like the House of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the House of Baasha son of Ahijah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ונתתי
866
אתבית
813
אחאב
12
כבית
432
ירבעם
322
בןנבט
113
וכבית
438
בעשא
373
בןאחיה
76
II Kings 9:10
Gematria: 2527
ואתאיזבליאכלוהכלביםבחלקיזרעאלואיןקברויפתחהדלתוינס
The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the field of Jezreel, with none to bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.
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!”
Quickly each man took his cloak and placed it under him,chim I.e., Jehu. on the top step.dthe top step Meaning of Heb. uncertain. They sounded the horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
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.”
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?”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
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?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
כראות
627
יהורם
261
אתיהוא
423
ויאמר
257
השלום
381
יהוא
22
ויאמר
257
מה
45
השלום
381
עדזנוני
197
איזבל
50
אמך
61
וכשפיה
421
הרבים
257
II Kings 9:23
Gematria: 1179
ויהפךיהורםידיווינסויאמראלאחזיהומרמהאחזיה
Thereupon Joram turned his horsesehorses Lit. “hands”; see note at 1 Kings 22.34. around and fled, crying out to Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”
But Jehu drew his bow and hit Joram between the shoulders,fshoulders Lit. “arms.” so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he collapsed in his chariot.
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:
‘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.”
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.
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;