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And they said, It is false;tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
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Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets,saying, Jehu is king.[a]
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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshiconspired against Joram. (Now Joram had keptRamothgilead*, he and all Israel,because of Hazaelking of Syria.
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But kingJoram[b] was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazaelking of Syria.) And Jehusaid, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
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So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joramlay there. And Ahaziahking of Judah was come down to seeJoram.
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And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joramsaid, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
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So there went one on horseback* to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehusaid, What hast thou to do with peace?turn thee behind me. And the watchmantold, saying, The messengercame to them, but he cometh not again.
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Then he sent out a second on horseback*, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehuanswered, What hast thou to do with peace?turn thee behind me.
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And the watchmantold, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving[c] is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drivethfuriously.
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And Joramsaid, Make ready.[d] And his chariot was made ready. And Joramking of Israel and Ahaziahking of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went outagainstJehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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And it came to pass, when JoramsawJehu, that he said, Is it peace,Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy motherJezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?