Jehu became the king of Israel

9 Meanwhile, the prophet Elisha summoned one of the other prophets. He said to him, “Get ready [IDM] and go to Ramoth city in the Gilead region. Take this jar of olive oil with you. 2 When you arrive there, search for a man named Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Go with him into a room away from his companions, 3 and pour some of this oil on his head. Then say to him, ‘Yahweh declares that he is appointing you to be the king of Israel.’ Then open the door and run away as quickly as you can.”

4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth. 5 When he arrived, he saw that the commanders of the army were having a conference. He looked at Jehu and said, “Sir, I have a message for one of you.”

Jehu replied, “Which one of us is the message for?”

The young prophet replied, “It is for you, commander/sir.”

6 So Jehu got up and went with the young prophet into a house. There the young prophet poured some olive oil on Jehu’s head and said to him, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, declares this: ‘I am appointing you to be the king of my Israeli people. 7 You must kill your master King Joram, the son of Ahab, because I want to punish Ahab’s wife Jezebel for murdering [MTY] many of my prophets and other people who served me. 8 You must kill not only Joram but all of Ahab’s family. I want to get rid of every male in the family, including young ones and old ones. 9 I will get rid of Ahab’s family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha. 10 And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in Jezreel city.’ ”

After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran. 11 When Jehu came out of the room to where his other commanders were, they said to him, “Is everything all right? Why did that mad fellow come to you?”

He replied, “You know what kinds of things young prophets like him say.”

12 They said, “You are lying! Tell us what he said!”

He replied, “He told me that Yahweh said, ‘I am appointing [MTY] you to be the king of Israel.’ ”

13 Then they all spread their cloaks on the steps of the building for Jehu to walk out on, and they blew trumpets and shouted, “Jehu is now the king!”