Thursday, July 17, 2014

Another new king

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 9:11–15, "Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”

Jehu came out of the room where he had been with the prophet. His brother officers asked him what that madman had told him. Jehu knew that the man was a prophet with the Lord’s message so he was quite happy to tell his brother officers that the Lord had anointed him as king over Israel. They all accepted the message and proclaimed him as king on the spot. Jehu encouraged them to go with him quickly, before the news could be told in Jezreel, and finish the issue there.

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