Douay Rheims Original ↷
2 Kings 9 📜 📕 ↷
Jehu Anointed King of Israel
1 AND Eliseus the Prophet called one of the children of the Prophets, and said to him: Gird thy loins, and take this little box of oil in thy hand, and go into Ramoth Galaad.📜💬📚
2 And when thou shalt come thither, thou shalt see Jehu the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi: and going in thou shalt raise him out of the midst of his brethren, and shalt bring him into an inner chamber.📜💬📚
3 And holding the little box of oil, thou shalt pour upon his head, and shalt say: Thus saith our Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel. And thou shalt open the door, and fly, and shalt not stay there.📜💬📚
4 The young man therefore the child of a Prophet went into Ramoth Galaad,📜💬📚
5 and entered in thither: and behold the captains of the army sat, and he said: I have a word to thee o prince: And Jehu said: to whom of us all? But he said: To thee o prince.📜💬📚
6 And he arose, and went into the chamber: but he poured oil upon his head, and said: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord of, Israel,📜💬📚
7 and thou shalt strike the house of Achab thy master, and I will revenge the blood of my servants the Prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord of the hand of Jezabel.📜💬📚
8 And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and kill of Achab him that pisseth against a wall, and the shut up, and the meanest in Israel.📜💬📚
9 And I will make the house of Achab as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa the son of Ahias.📜💬📚
10 Jezabel also the dogs shall eat in the field of Jezrahel, neither shall there be any to bury her. And he opened the door, & fled.📜💬📚
11 And Jehu went forth to his master's servants. Who said to him: Are all things well? Why came this mad man to thee? Who said to them: You know the man, and what he spake.📜💬📚
12 But they answered: It is false, but rather do thou tell us. Who said to them: Thus and thus he spake to me: and he said: Thus saith our Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.📜💬📚
13 They therefore made haste, and every man taking his mantle laid it under his feet after the similitude of a judgment seat, and they sounded the trumpet, & said: Jehu hath the Kingdom.📜💬📚
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah
14 Jehu therefore the son of Josaphat the son of Namsi conspired against Joram: Moreover Joram had besieged Ramoth Galaad, he and all Israel against Hazael the king of Syria:📜💬📚
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