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But the next day Hazael took the bed covering and put it in water. Then he spread it on Ben-hadad's face so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

So Edom turned against the rule of Judah to this day. Libnah turned against Judah's rule at the same time.

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed of the cuts the Syrians had given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Then Jehoram's son Ahaziah king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram the son of Ahab because he was sick.

So the young servant of the man of God went to Ramoth-gilead.

So he got up and went into the house. He poured the oil on Jehu's head and said to him, "The Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have chosen you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

You are to destroy the house of your owner Ahab, so that I will punish Jezebel for the blood of My servants who speak for God, and the blood of all the Lord's servants.

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi made plans against Joram. Now Joram and all Israel were fighting against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead.

But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the cuts the Syrians had given him, when he fought with King Hazael of Syria. So Jehu said, "If this is what you have in mind, then let no one get out of the city to tell the news in Jezreel."

So a horseman went to meet him and said, "The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?'" And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Get behind me." Then the watchman told Joram, "The horseman came to them, but he did not return."

So he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Get behind me."

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Do you come in peace, Jehu?" And he answered, "What peace can there be, so long as the sinful ways and witchcrafts of your mother Jezebel are so many?"

So Joram turned the horses around and ran away, saying to Ahaziah, "He is turning against the king, O Ahaziah!"

The Lord said, ‘Yesterday I have seen the blood of Naboth and his sons. I will punish you in this field.' So now take and throw him into the field, as the word of the Lord has said."

When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he ran away toward the garden house. Jehu went after him and said, "Shoot him in the war-wagon also." So they shot him at the hill of Gur, by Ibleam. But he got away to Megiddo and died there.

Then he said, "Throw her down." So they threw Jezebel down. Some of her blood went on the wall and on the horses. And Jehu made his war-wagons go over her.

So they went to bury her. But all they found were her skull and feet and hands.

Jezebel's body will be as waste on the field in the land of Jezreel. So no one will be able to say, "This is Jezebel."'"

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters. He sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the leaders, and to those who took care of Ahab's children. He said,

So the head man of the house, the head man of the city, the leaders, and those who took care of the children, sent word to Jehu. They said, "We are your servants. We will do all that you say. We will not make any man king. Do what is good in your eyes."

So Jehu killed all who were left of the family of Ahab in Jezreel. He killed all of Ahab's important men, his friends, and his religious leaders. Not one person of Ahab was left alive.