3. then pour olive oil on his head to show that he is the new king. Say to him, “The Lord has chosen you to be king of Israel.” Then leave quickly—don't wait for anything!
4. The young prophet left for Ramoth.
5. When he arrived, the army officers were meeting together. “Sir, I have a message for you,” he said.“For which one of us?” Jehu asked.“You, sir,” the prophet answered.
6. So Jehu got up and went inside. The prophet poured olive oil on Jehu's head and told him:The Lord God of Israel has this message for you: “I am the Lord, and I have chosen you to be king of my people Israel.
7. I want you to wipe out the family of Ahab, so Jezebel will be punished for killing the prophets and my other servants.
8. Every man and boy in Ahab's family must die, whether slave or free.
9. His whole family must be destroyed, just like the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
25-26. Jehu commanded his assistant Bidkar, “Get Joram's body and throw it in the field that Naboth once owned. Do you remember when you and I used to ride side by side behind Joram's father Ahab? It was then that the Lord swore to Ahab that he would be punished in the same field where he had killed Naboth and his sons. So throw Joram's body there, just as the Lord said.”
27. Ahaziah saw all this happen and tried to escape to the town of Beth-Haggan, but Jehu caught up with him and shouted, “Kill him too!” So his troops shot Ahaziah with an arrow while he was on the road to Gur near Ibleam. He went as far as Megiddo, where he died.
28. Ahaziah's officers put his body in a chariot and took it back to Jerusalem, where they buried him beside his ancestors.
29. Ahaziah had become king of Judah in the eleventh year of the rule of Ahab's son Joram.
30. Jehu headed towards Jezreel, and when Jezebel heard he was coming, she put on eye shadow and brushed her hair. Then she stood at the window, waiting for him to arrive.
31. As he walked through the city gate, she shouted down to him, “Why did you come here, you murderer? To kill the king? You're no better than Zimri!”
32. He looked up towards the window and asked, “Is anyone up there on my side?” A few palace workers stuck their heads out of a window,
33. and Jehu shouted, “Throw her out of the window!” They threw her down, and her blood splattered on the walls and on the horses that trampled her body.
34. Jehu left to get something to eat and drink. Then he told some workers, “Even though she was evil, she was a king's daughter, so make sure she has a proper burial.”