2 Kings 9:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 So Jehu got up and went into the house. The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel. 7 You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.(A) 8 The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males,[a] both slave and free, in Israel.(B)
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- 2 Kings 9:8 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against a wall
2 Kings 9:6-8
New King James Version
6 Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, (A)“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel. 7 You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may (B)avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, (C)at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and (D)I will cut off from Ahab all (E)the males in Israel, both (F)bond and free.
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