2 Kings 9:17-37
Jehu
has three kings on his hit list - Joram, Ahaziah, and Jezebel. First up
is Joram. Jehu and his company of officers are riding in the distance
as the sentry in the watchtower follows them with his binoculars. King
Joram is standing beside him and orders the sentry to send out a
messenger to meet them. The messenger goes and asks Jehu, "Is anything wrong?"
Jehu replies, "What's it to you if anything's wrong or right? Fall in behind me."
The sentry sees that the messenger arrives but doesn't return, so Joram tells him to send another horseman out to talk to Jehu. The second messenger asks Jehu, "Is anything wrong?"
Jehu replies, "What's it to you if anything's wrong or right? Get behind me."
The sentry sees again that the messengers isn't returning, and as the company gets closer, the sentry realizes that the driver looks alot like Jehu because of his erratic charioteering. Joram says, "Get my chariot! I'm gonna go out and meet him." Both Joram and Ahaziah - the king of Judah - go out and meet Jehu. When they arrive, Joram asks Jehu how everything's going. Jehu asks, "Well, everything's not going well. Your mom continues turning the country into a melting pot of whoring and sorcery."
Joram realizes it's a trap, and yells out to Ahaziah to get out of there. It's too late though, because before Joram has a chance to turn his chariot around, he gets shout through the heart with an arrow from Jehu. Then, they chase after Ahaziah and shoot him through the heart as well. Two kings down. Jehu tells his officers to throw Joram in the field, claiming that he's fulfilling God's prophecy by doing so. Ahaziah is picked up by his aides and taken back to Jerusalem to be buried in the family plot.
Then, they head to see Jezebel, the princess whore. When they arrive to her palace, she's standing in the window with her hair arranged and looking seductive. She things that she'll be able to woo Jehu into backing off. Jehu doesn't fall for it though. He yells up to the window to see if there's anyone inside whose on his side. Two palace eunuchs look out the window. Jehu yells, "Throw her down!"
The two eunuchs throw her out the window. When she falls, her blood spatters the wall and the horses. Jehu tells his officers, "Give that damn woman a decent burial. After all, she was a king's daughter." All that's left of her though is skull, hands, and feet. The officers tell him that there's nothing left to bury, and he says that it fulfills an earlier prophecy: "The body of Jezebel will be like dog droppings. People will ask, 'Is this the body of Jezebel?'"
Jehu replies, "What's it to you if anything's wrong or right? Fall in behind me."
The sentry sees that the messenger arrives but doesn't return, so Joram tells him to send another horseman out to talk to Jehu. The second messenger asks Jehu, "Is anything wrong?"
Jehu replies, "What's it to you if anything's wrong or right? Get behind me."
The sentry sees again that the messengers isn't returning, and as the company gets closer, the sentry realizes that the driver looks alot like Jehu because of his erratic charioteering. Joram says, "Get my chariot! I'm gonna go out and meet him." Both Joram and Ahaziah - the king of Judah - go out and meet Jehu. When they arrive, Joram asks Jehu how everything's going. Jehu asks, "Well, everything's not going well. Your mom continues turning the country into a melting pot of whoring and sorcery."
Joram realizes it's a trap, and yells out to Ahaziah to get out of there. It's too late though, because before Joram has a chance to turn his chariot around, he gets shout through the heart with an arrow from Jehu. Then, they chase after Ahaziah and shoot him through the heart as well. Two kings down. Jehu tells his officers to throw Joram in the field, claiming that he's fulfilling God's prophecy by doing so. Ahaziah is picked up by his aides and taken back to Jerusalem to be buried in the family plot.
Then, they head to see Jezebel, the princess whore. When they arrive to her palace, she's standing in the window with her hair arranged and looking seductive. She things that she'll be able to woo Jehu into backing off. Jehu doesn't fall for it though. He yells up to the window to see if there's anyone inside whose on his side. Two palace eunuchs look out the window. Jehu yells, "Throw her down!"
The two eunuchs throw her out the window. When she falls, her blood spatters the wall and the horses. Jehu tells his officers, "Give that damn woman a decent burial. After all, she was a king's daughter." All that's left of her though is skull, hands, and feet. The officers tell him that there's nothing left to bury, and he says that it fulfills an earlier prophecy: "The body of Jezebel will be like dog droppings. People will ask, 'Is this the body of Jezebel?'"
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