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12 Then they said, “Liar. Please tell us.” He said, “Thus and so[a] he said to me, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I hereby anoint you as king over Israel.”’” 13 So they hastened each one to take his cloak, and they spread them under him on the bare steps, blew on the trumpet, and said, “Jehu is king!”

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram was keeping guard in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all of Israel, because of the threat[b] of Hazael king of Aram.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:12 Literally “As this and as this”
  2. 2 Kings 9:14 Literally “from the face/presence of”