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Now Elisha the prophetcalledone of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and takethisflask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.
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"When you arrivethere, search out Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an innerroom.
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"Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thussays the LORD, "I have anointed you kingoverIsrael."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait."
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So the youngman, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
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When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." And Jehusaid, "For which one of us?" And he said, "For you, O captain."
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He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thussays the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you kingover the people of the LORD, even overIsrael.
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'You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
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Now Jehucame out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did thismadfellowcome to you?" And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk."