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2 Reis 9

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1Então o profeta Eliseu chamou a um dos filhos dos profetas, e disse-lhe: Cinge teus lombos, e toma esta vasilha de azeite em tua mão, e vai a Ramote de Gileade.

2E quando chegares ali, verás ali a Jeú filho de Josafá filho de Ninsi; e entrando, faze-o se levantar dentre seus irmãos, e mete-o na recâmara.

3Toma logo a vasilha de azeite, e derrama-a sobre sua cabeça, e dize: Assim disse o SENHOR: Eu te ungi por rei sobre Israel. E abrindo a porta, lança-te a fugir, e não esperes.

4Foi, pois, o jovem, o jovem do profeta, a Ramote de Gileade.

5E quando ele entrou, eis que os príncipes do exército que estavam sentados. E ele disse: Príncipe, uma palavra tenho que dizer-te. E Jeú disse: A qual de todos nós? E ele disse: A ti, príncipe.

6E ele se levantou, e entrou-se em casa; e o outro derramou o azeite sobre sua cabeça, e disse-lhe: Assim disse o SENHOR Deus de Israel: Eu te ungi por rei sobre o povo do SENHOR, sobre Israel.

7E ferirás a casa de Acabe teu senhor, para que eu vingue o sangue de meus servos os profetas, e o sangue de todos os servos do SENHOR, da mão de Jezabel.

8E perecerá toda a casa de Acabe, e exterminarei de Acabe todo macho, tanto ao escravo como ao livre em Israel.

9E eu porei a casa de Acabe como a casa de Jeroboão filho de Nebate, e como a casa de Baasa filho de Aías.

10E a Jezabel comerão cães no campo de Jezreel, e não haverá quem a sepulte. Em seguida abriu a porta, e lançou a fugir.

11Depois saiu Jeú aos servos de seu senhor, e disseram-lhe: Há paz? para que entrou a ti aquele louco? E ele lhes disse: Vós conheceis ao homem e suas palavras.

12E eles disseram: Mentira; declara-o a nós agora. E ele disse: Assim e assim me falou, dizendo: Assim disse o SENHOR: Eu te ungi por rei sobre Israel.

13Então tomaram prontamente sua roupa, e a pôs cada um debaixo dele em um trono alto, e tocaram trombeta, e disseram: Jeú é rei.

14Assim conjurou Jeú filho de Josafá filho de Ninsi, contra Jorão. (Estava Jorão guardando a Ramote de Gileade com todo Israel, por causa de Hazael rei da Síria.

15Havia-se, porém, voltado o rei Jorão a Jezreel, para curar-se das feridas que os sírios lhe haviam feito, lutando contra Hazael rei da Síria.) E Jeú disse: Se é vossa vontade, ninguém escape da cidade, para ir a dar as novas em Jezreel.

16Então Jeú cavalgou, e foi-se a Jezreel, porque Jorão estava ali enfermo. Também Acazias rei de Judá havia descido a visitar a Jorão.

17E o atalaia que estava na torre de Jezreel, viu a tropa de Jeú, que vinha, e disse: Eu vejo uma tropa. E Jorão disse: Toma um cavaleiro, e envia a reconhecê-los, e que lhes diga: Há paz?

18Foi pois o cavaleiro a reconhecê-los, e disse: O rei diz assim: Há paz? E Jeú lhe disse: Que tens tu que ver com a paz? Sai da minha frente. O atalaia deu logo aviso, dizendo: O mensageiro chegou até eles, e não volta.

19Então enviou outro cavaleiro, o qual chegando a eles, disse: O rei diz assim: Há paz? E Jeú respondeu: Que tens tu que ver com a paz? Sai da minha frente.

20O atalaia voltou a dizer: Também este chegou a eles e não volta: mas o marchar do que vem é como o marchar de Jeú filho de Ninsi, porque vem impetuosamente.

21Então Jorão disse: Prepara. E preparado que foi seu carro, saiu Jorão rei de Israel, e Acazias rei de Judá, cada um em seu carro, e saíram a encontrar a Jeú, ao qual acharam na propriedade de Nabote de Jezreel.

22E em vendo Jorão a Jeú, disse: Há paz, Jeú? E ele respondeu: Que paz, com as fornicações de Jezabel tua mãe, e suas muitas feitiçarias?

23Então Jorão virando a mão fugiu, e disse a Acazias: Traição, Acazias!

24Mas Jeú flechou seu arco, e feriu a Jorão entre as costas, e a seta saiu por seu coração, e caiu em seu carro.

25Disse logo Jeú a Bidcar seu capitão: Toma-o e lança-o em um lugar da propriedade de Nabote de Jezreel. Lembra-te que quando tu e eu íamos juntos com a gente de Acabe seu pai, o SENHOR pronunciou esta sentença sobre ele, dizendo:

26Que eu vi ontem os sangues de Nabote, e os sangues de seus filhos, disse o SENHOR; e tenho de dar-te a paga nesta propriedade, disse o SENHOR. Toma-lhe pois agora, e lança-o na propriedade, conforme à palavra do SENHOR.

27E vendo isto Acazias rei de Judá, fugiu pelo caminho da casa da horta. E siguiu-o Jeú, dizendo: Feri também a este no carro. E lhe feriram à subida de Gur, junto a Ibleão. E ele fugiu a Megido, e morreu ali.

28E seus servos lhe levaram em um carro a Jerusalém, e ali lhe sepultaram com seus pais, em seu sepulcro na cidade de Davi.

29No décimo primeiro ano de Jorão filho de Acabe, começou a reinar Acazias sobre Judá.

30Veio depois Jeú a Jezreel: e quando Jezabel o ouviu, adornou seus olhos, enfeitou sua cabeça, e ficou observando em uma janela.

31E quando entrava Jeú pela porta, ela disse: Sucedeu bem a Zinri, que matou a seu senhor?

32Levantando ele então seu rosto até a janela, disse: Quem é comigo? Quem? E olharam até ele dois ou três eunucos.

33E ele lhes disse: Lançai-a abaixo. E eles a lançaram: e parte de seu sangue foi salpicado na parede, e nos cavalos; e ele a atropelou.

34Entrou logo, e depois que comeu e bebeu, disse: Ide agora a ver aquela maldita, e sepultai-a; que é filha de rei.

35Porém quando foram para sepultá-la, não acharam dela mais que o crânio, e os pés, e as palmas das mãos.

36E voltaram, e disseram-no. E ele disse: A palavra de Deus é esta, a qual ele falou por meio de seu servo Elias Tisbita, dizendo: Na propriedade de Jezreel comerão os cães as carnes de Jezabel.

37E o corpo de Jezabel foi qual lixo sobre a face da terra na herdade de Jezreel; de maneira que ninguém podia dizer: Esta é Jezabel.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Elisha sends a young prophet to secretly anoint Jehu as the new king of Israel, with the mission of destroying the house of Ahab. Jehu kills Jehoram (king of Israel) and Ahaziah (king of Judah), and then has Jezebel thrown out of a window, fulfilling the prophecy that dogs would devour her.

Explanation

This chapter marks the beginning of the violent purge prophesied against the house of Ahab since 1 Kings 21, showing the exact fulfillment of Elijah's words decades later. Jehu acts with relentless determination, typical of a violent political-religious revolution common in the ancient Near East. Jezebel's dramatic death, putting on makeup before facing her killer with defiance, shows her stubborn personality to the very end, but her fate literally fulfills the judgment announced years before, serving as a stern reminder that arrogance against God has consequences, even if delayed.

Fun facts

  • Jehu's question 'who is on my side?' and the eunuchs' response of throwing Jezebel out the window show how quickly political loyalties can shift when power is clearly changing hands.
  • The fact that only Jezebel's skull, feet, and the palms of her hands remained, with the rest devoured by dogs, fulfills in an almost literal and disturbing way the specific prophecy made by Elijah decades earlier in 1 Kings 21:23.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Reis 9:1The anointing happens in secret, in an inner room, away from the other captains — coups depended on secrecy right up to the last moment to succeed. The young prophet sent by Elisha follows the instruction to the letter, fleeing right after anointing Jehu.
  2. 2 Reis 9:2Elisha instructs the young prophet to find Jehu among the other officers and call him aside privately into an inner room, away from the rest.
  3. 2 Reis 9:3The order is to anoint Jehu with the oil, declare that the Lord has made him king over Israel, and flee immediately without lingering — a coup needs secrecy right to the end.
  4. 2 Reis 9:4The young prophet obeys and goes to Ramoth-gilead, where the army of Israel was encamped.
  5. 2 Reis 9:5He finds the army captains gathered together and calls Jehu aside, saying he has a message just for him.
  6. 2 Reis 9:6In private, the young prophet anoints Jehu with the oil and repeats the word of the Lord: he is being made king over Israel, the people of God.
  7. 2 Reis 9:7Jehu receives the mission of wiping out the house of Ahab as vengeance for the blood of the prophets and servants of the Lord shed by Jezebel's order.
  8. 2 Reis 9:8The sentence is radical: the whole house of Ahab must perish, without exception, including every male in the line.
  9. 2 Reis 9:9The judgment against the house of Ahab follows the same pattern already applied before to the houses of Jeroboam and Baasha, other northern dynasties completely wiped out.
  10. 2 Reis 9:10Jezebel's death is also announced: dogs will eat her in the field of Jezreel, with no one to bury her. Having said this, the young prophet runs off.
  11. 2 Reis 9:11Jehu's fellow officers ask if all is well and why “this mad fellow” came to talk to him; Jehu avoids answering directly, saying they already know that sort of man.
  12. 2 Reis 9:12The officers insist on knowing the truth, and Jehu finally tells them: he has been anointed king over Israel by the Lord's order.
  13. 2 Reis 9:13The officers react on the spot, spreading their own cloaks on the steps for him to walk on, blowing the trumpet, and shouting: Jehu is king! A coup that turns into instant popular support.
  14. 2 Reis 9:14The text confirms that Jehu conspires against Joram while the army of Israel was still holding Ramoth-gilead in the war against Hazael of Syria.
  15. 2 Reis 9:15Joram had gone back to Jezreel to heal from his wounds; Jehu orders that no one leave the city to give warning of what is about to happen.
  16. 2 Reis 9:16Jehu rides in his chariot to Jezreel, where Joram of Israel (north) lies wounded and Ahaziah of Judah (south) had gone to visit him.
  17. 2 Reis 9:17The watchman on the tower spots Jehu's company approaching; Joram sends a horseman to ask if he comes in peace.
  18. 2 Reis 9:18The horseman delivers the question, but Jehu tells him to fall in behind him instead of answering — and the watchman reports that the messenger isn't coming back.
  19. 2 Reis 9:19A second horseman is sent with the same question, and the same thing happens: he too falls in behind Jehu instead of returning with an answer.
  20. 2 Reis 9:20The watchman recognizes the furious driving as Jehu's own style, and still no one comes back with news.
  21. 2 Reis 9:21Joram and Ahaziah each go out in his own chariot to meet Jehu, and the meeting happens right at the old field of Naboth.
  22. 2 Reis 9:22Joram asks if there is peace, and Jehu answers that there can be no peace as long as the idolatries and witchcrafts of the queen mother Jezebel continue.
  23. 2 Reis 9:23Joram turns his chariot to flee and shouts to Ahaziah that it is treachery.
  24. 2 Reis 9:24Jehu draws his bow with all his strength and strikes Joram in the back, the arrow going through to his heart; he falls dead inside his own chariot.
  25. 2 Reis 9:25Jehu tells his officer Bidkar to throw the body right in the field of Naboth, recalling that the two of them used to ride together behind Ahab when this sentence was first announced.
  26. 2 Reis 9:26Jehu quotes from memory the word of the Lord about avenging the blood of Naboth and his sons, fulfilling the sentence on that very piece of land.
  27. 2 Reis 9:27Ahaziah of Judah (south) tries to flee, but Jehu orders him pursued and wounded as well; he escapes as far as Megiddo, where he ends up dying.
  28. 2 Reis 9:28Ahaziah's servants carry his body to Jerusalem and bury him with his ancestors in the City of David.
  29. 2 Reis 9:29A parenthetical note records the exact year Ahaziah began to reign over Judah (south), synchronized with Joram's reign in Israel (north).
  30. 2 Reis 9:30Painting her eyes and fixing her hair before facing Jehu can be read as a gesture of royal defiance, dying as a queen rather than pleading. It is her own household eunuchs who throw her out the window at Jehu's command, showing just how empty her power had already become.
  31. 2 Reis 9:31Jezebel taunts Jehu by comparing him to Zimri, another officer who killed his own master and had a very short reign — a hint that his too won't last.
  32. 2 Reis 9:32Jehu looks up at the window and asks who is on his side; two or three eunuchs of the royal household answer by looking down at him.
  33. 2 Reis 9:33Jehu orders them to throw Jezebel down from the window, and the eunuchs themselves obey — her power had already emptied out to the point that they turn against her without hesitation.
  34. 2 Reis 9:34After calmly eating and drinking, Jehu gives orders to bury Jezebel, acknowledging that she was a king's daughter, a remnant of formal respect despite everything.
  35. 2 Reis 9:35When they go to bury her, the servants find only the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands — the rest had already been consumed, confirming the prophecy against her.
  36. 2 Reis 9:36The text explicitly connects this end to the prophecy Elijah had given back in 1 Kings 21. Her body literally becomes dung in the field, a deliberately shocking image of total status collapse, from throne to trash.
  37. 2 Reis 9:37Jezebel's corpse literally becomes dung scattered across the field, a deliberately shocking image of total downfall, from the throne to something no one can even recognize anymore.

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