Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to  ¹Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

Therefore they made Him a supper there; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with Him.

Then Mary took a  ¹pound of ointment, of very valuable pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the  ²house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was about to betray Him, said,

Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred  ¹denarii and given to the poor?

But he said this not because it mattered to him concerning the poor, but because he was a thief, and holding the purse, carried off what was put into it.

Then  ¹Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has reserved it for the day of My burial.

For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have Me.

Then a great crowd of the Jews found out that He was there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

And the chief priests took counsel to kill Lazarus also,

Because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed into Jesus.

On the next day, the great crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

Took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out,  ¹Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!

And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it, as it is written,

“Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.”

These things His disciples did not understand at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him and that they had done these things to Him.

The crowd therefore that was with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead testified.

For this reason the crowd also went and met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.

The Pharisees then said to one another, You see that you are not doing anything worthwhile; behold, the world has gone after Him.

And there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

These then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

Philip came and told Andrew; Andrew came, and Philip too, and they told Jesus.

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be  ¹glorified.

Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat  ¹falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears  ²much fruit.

He who loves his  ¹soul-life loses it; and he who hates his soul-life in this world shall keep it unto  ²eternal life.

If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Now is My  ¹soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me out of this hour. But for  ²this reason I have come to this hour.

Father,  ¹glorify Your name. Then a voice came out of heaven: I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

The crowd therefore which stood by and heard it said that there had been thunder; others said, An angel has spoken to Him.

Jesus answered and said, This voice has not  ¹come for My sake, but for your sake.

Now is the  ¹judgment of this  ²world; now shall the ruler of this world be cast out.

And I, if I be  ¹lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.

But He said this signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

The crowd therefore answered Him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever; and how is it that You say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

Jesus then said to them, The light is still among you a little while. Walk while you have the light so that darkness may not overcome you; and he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you have the light, believe into the light, so that you may become sons of light.

And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

And when you arrive there, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room.

Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, Thus says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.

So the young man, the prophet's attendant, went to Ramoth-gilead.

And when he came, there the captains of the army were sitting. And he said, I have a word for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which one of all of us? And he said, To you, O captain.

And he rose up and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Jehovah, over Israel.

And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the hand of  ¹Jezebel.

And the whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free, in Israel;

And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah;

And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the lot of Jezreel, and there will be none to bury her. Then he opened the door and fled.

And when Jehu came out to the servants of his master, someone said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and his ranting.

And they said, That is a lie; please tell us. And he said, Thus and thus he said to me, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel.

Then they moved quickly; and every man took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the trumpet and said, Jehu is king!

And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against  ¹Joram. (Now Joram had been defending Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael the king of Syria,

But Jehoram the king returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought Hazael the king of Syria). And Jehu said, If this is your desire, let no fugitive depart from the city and go and tell it in Jezreel.

So Jehu rode off in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying ill there. And Ahaziah the king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

And the watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu's multitude as he came, and he said, I see a multitude. And Jehoram said, Take a horseman, and send him to meet them; and let him say, Is there peace?

So the horseman went to meet him and said, Thus says the king, Is there peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger went to them but did not return.

And he sent out a second horseman; and he came to them and said, Thus says the king, Is there peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me.

And the watchman reported, saying, He went to them but did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, because he drives furiously.

And Jehoram said, Yoke the chariot! And someone yoked his chariot. And Jehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu; and they found him in the lot of Naboth the Jezreelite.

And when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Is there peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace can there be, so long as the harlotries and sorceries of Jezebel your mother are so many?

And Jehoram turned the  ¹reins and tried to flee. And he said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah!

And Jehu drew his bow with full strength and struck Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, Take him up, and throw him in the lot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how you and I were riding together behind Ahab his father, and Jehovah uttered this oracle against him:

Surely I have seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares Jehovah; and I will repay you in this lot, declares Jehovah. And now, take him up and throw him in the lot, according to the word of Jehovah.

And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this and fled toward the garden house; and Jehu pursued after him and said, Strike him too in his chariot. So they struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.

And Jehu came to Jezreel; and Jezebel heard of it. And she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and she looked out the window.

And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, Is all well, Zimri, you murderer of  ¹your master?

And he lifted up his face to the window and said, Who is on my side? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

And he said, Throw her down. And they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her.

And he came in, and ate and drank, and said, Attend now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.

But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than her skull and her feet and the palms of her hands.

And they returned and reported it to him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,  ¹In the lot of Jezreel the dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel;

And the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung upon the surface of the field in the lot of Jezreel, so that they will not say, This is Jezebel.

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the  ¹guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,

Now then, when this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons,

Look for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for your master's house.

But they feared very greatly and said, If the two kings could not stand before him, how then can we stand before him?

And he who was over the household and he that was over the city and the elders and the guardians of the children sent word to Jehu, saying, We are your servants; all that you say to us, we will do. We will not make anyone king. What is good in your sight, do.

Then he wrote a letter to them a second time, saying, If you are mine and listen to my voice, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time. Now the king's sons, seventy men, were with the great men of the city, who had brought them up.

And when the letter reached them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy men; and they placed their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

And the messenger came and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

And in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, You are righteous. I conspired against my master and have killed him; but who struck all these?

Know therefore that nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spoke concerning the house of Ahab, shall fall to the earth; for Jehovah has done that which He spoke through His servant Elijah.

So Jehu killed all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.

Then he rose up and departed and came into Samaria. And while he was at the  ¹shepherds' meeting place on the way,

Jehu came upon the brothers of Ahaziah the king of Judah; and he said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive and slew them, forty-two men, at the pit of the  ¹meeting place; and he left not one of them remaining.

And when he departed from there, he came upon Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. And Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and Jehu took him up to himself into the chariot.

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

And when he came to Samaria, he struck all who were left to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah, which He spoke to Elijah.

And Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

Now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing. For I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal. Whoever is missing will not live. But Jehu acted in subtlety, in order that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

And Jehu sent word throughout all Israel, and all the worshippers of Baal came; and there was not one left who did not come. And they came to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

And he said to the one who was over the wardrobe, Bring out garments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought out the garments to them.

And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab came to the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search and see that none of the servants of Jehovah are here with you; only the worshippers of Baal should be here.

And they came to offer sacrifice and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside; and he had said, He who allows any of the men to escape whom I bring into your hands will give up his life instead.

And when he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and to the captains, Go in and slay them; let no one get out. And they struck them with the edge of the sword. And the guards and the captains threw them out, and they went to the  ¹inner room of the house of Baal.

And they brought out the pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.

And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal and made it a latrine, as it is to this day.

Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel.

However as regards the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,  ¹by which he caused Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn away from them, that is, the  ²golden calves which were in Bethel and in Dan.

And Jehovah said to Jehu,  ¹Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes and have dealt with the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of Jehovah the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, by which he caused Israel to sin.

In those days Jehovah began to cut away portions of land in Israel, and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel

From the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, both Gilead and Bashan.

And the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

Now the time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.