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Speaker 1: I'm John Stanghy, and today we're in Second King's chapter nine,
Speaker 1: and this is what we read. Meanwhile, Elishah, the prophet
Speaker 1: had summoned a member of the group of prophets. Get
Speaker 1: ready to travel, he told him, and take this flask
Speaker 1: of olive oil with you. Go to Ramath Gilead and
Speaker 1: find Jahu, son of Jehosaphat, son of Nimshi. Call him
Speaker 1: into a private room, away from his friends, and pour
Speaker 1: the oil over his head. Say to him, this is
Speaker 1: what the Lord says, I anoint you to be the
Speaker 1: king over Israel. Then open the door and run for
Speaker 1: your life. So the young prophet did as he was
Speaker 1: told and went to Ramoth Gilead. When he arrived there,
Speaker 1: he found Jaehu sitting around with the other army officers.
Speaker 1: I have a message for you, commander, he said, For
Speaker 1: which one of us, jay who asked for you? Commander,
Speaker 1: he replied, So Jayhu left the others and went into
Speaker 1: the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over
Speaker 1: Jayhu's head and said, this is what the Lord, the
Speaker 1: God of Israel, says, I anoint you king over the
Speaker 1: Lord's people Israel. You are to destroy the family of Ahab,
Speaker 1: your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder
Speaker 1: of my prophets and all the Lord's servants who were
Speaker 1: killed by Jezebel. The entire family of Ahab must be
Speaker 1: wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants,
Speaker 1: slave and free alike anywhere in Israel. I will destroy
Speaker 1: the family of Ahab as I destroy the families of
Speaker 1: Jeroboam son of Nebat, and of Bashah, son of Ahijah.
Speaker 1: Dogs will eat Ahab's wife Jezebel at the plot of
Speaker 1: land in Jezreel, and no one will bury her. Then
Speaker 1: the young prophet opened the door and ran jay who
Speaker 1: went back to his fellow officers, and one of them
Speaker 1: asked him, what did that madman want? Is everything all right?
Speaker 1: You know how a man like that babble's on. Jayhu replied,
Speaker 1: you're hiding something. They said, tell us, so jay who
Speaker 1: told them. He said to me, this is what the
Speaker 1: Lord says, I have anointed you to be king over Israel.
Speaker 1: Then they quickly spread out their cloaks on the bare
Speaker 1: steps and blew the Ram's horn, shouting, Jay who is king?
Speaker 1: So Jehu, son of Jehosaphat, son of Nimshi, led a
Speaker 1: conspiracy against King Joram. Joram had been with the army
Speaker 1: at Ramoth Gilead defending Israel against the forces of King
Speaker 1: Hazel of Arim. But King Joram was wounded in the
Speaker 1: fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.
Speaker 1: So jay Who told the men with him, if you
Speaker 1: want me to be king, don't let anyone leave town
Speaker 1: and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.
Speaker 1: Then Jayhu got into a chariot and rode to Jezreel
Speaker 1: to find King Joram, who was lying there wounded. King
Speaker 1: Ahaziah of Judah was there too, for he had gone
Speaker 1: to visit him. The watchman on the tower of Jezreel
Speaker 1: saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram,
Speaker 1: I see a company of troops coming. Send out a
Speaker 1: rider to ask if they are coming in peace. King
Speaker 1: Joram ordered, so a horseman went out to meet Jehu
Speaker 1: and said, the king wants to know if you are
Speaker 1: coming in peace? Jayhu replied, what do you know about
Speaker 1: peace fall in behind me? The watchman called out to
Speaker 1: the king. The messenger has met them, but he's not returning.
Speaker 1: So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode
Speaker 1: up to them and said, the King wants to know
Speaker 1: if you come in peace again. Jayhu answered, what do
Speaker 1: you know about peace fall in behind me? The watchman exclaimed,
Speaker 1: the messenger has met them, but he isn't returning either.
Speaker 1: It must be Jehu's son of Nimshi, for he's driving
Speaker 1: like a madman. Quick, get my chariot ready, King Joram commanded.
Speaker 1: Then King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah
Speaker 1: rode out in their chariots to meet Jehu. They met
Speaker 1: him at the plot of land that had belonged to
Speaker 1: Nabeth of Jezrael. King Joram demanded, do you come in peace? Jehu?
Speaker 1: Jehu replied, how can there be peace as long as
Speaker 1: the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel are all
Speaker 1: around us. Then King Joram turned the horses around and fled,
Speaker 1: shouting to King Ahaziah. Treeson Ahaziah, But Jayhu drew his
Speaker 1: bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced
Speaker 1: his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot, Jay,
Speaker 1: who said to Bidkar his officer, throw him into the
Speaker 1: plot of land that belonged to Nabeth of Jezreel. Do
Speaker 1: you remember when you and I were riding along behind
Speaker 1: his father Ahab, the Lord pronounced this message against him.
Speaker 1: I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on
Speaker 1: this plot of land, says the Lord, for the murder
Speaker 1: of Nabeth and his sons that I saw yesterday. So
Speaker 1: throw him out on Nabeth's property, just as the Lord said.
Speaker 1: When King Ahaziah of Judas saw what was happening, he
Speaker 1: fled along the road to beth Hagen, Jay, who rode
Speaker 1: after him, shouting, shoot him two. So they shot Ahaziah
Speaker 1: in his chariot at the ascent of Gurr near Iblim.
Speaker 1: He was able to go on as far as Megiddo,
Speaker 1: but he died there. His servants took him by chariot
Speaker 1: to Jerusalem, where they buried him with his ancestors in
Speaker 1: the city of David. Ahaziah had become king over Judah
Speaker 1: in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram, son
Speaker 1: of Ahab. When Jezebel, the Queen mother, heard that Jayhu
Speaker 1: had come to Jezreel, she painted her eyelids and fixed
Speaker 1: her hair and sat at a window. When Jayhu entered
Speaker 1: the gate of the palace, she shouted at him, have
Speaker 1: you come in peace, you murderer. You're just like Zimri
Speaker 1: who murdered his master. Jayhu looked up and saw her
Speaker 1: at the window and shouted, who is on my side?
Speaker 1: And two or three eunuchs looked out at him. Throw
Speaker 1: her down. Jayhu yelled, So they threw her out the window,
Speaker 1: and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses,
Speaker 1: and jay who trampled her body under the horse's hoofs
Speaker 1: Then jay Who went into the palace and ate and drank. Afterward,
Speaker 1: he said, someone go and bury this cursed woman, for
Speaker 1: she is the daughter of a king. But when they
Speaker 1: went out to bury her, they found only her skull,
Speaker 1: her feet, and her hands. When they returned and told Jehu,
Speaker 1: he stated, this fulfills the message from the Lord which
Speaker 1: he spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishby. At the
Speaker 1: plot of land in Jezreel, dogs will eat Jezebel's body.
Speaker 1: Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot
Speaker 1: of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be
Speaker 1: able to recognize her. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you
Speaker 1: for your word, and we thank you for the privilege
Speaker 1: of being able to look at it today. And Lord,
Speaker 1: as we look at this portion of scripture, we could
Speaker 1: see that there's a lot of violence and there's a
Speaker 1: lot of bloodshed in this passage. But you were using
Speaker 1: Jayhu as an agent of judgment on those who promoted
Speaker 1: idolatry and false worship among your people. And it's interesting, Lord,
Speaker 1: when we look at a portion of scripture like this,
Speaker 1: that we see that kings and queens often think they
Speaker 1: are so secure and they get so smug in their
Speaker 1: role of leadership that they forget you. And multiple people
Speaker 1: in this passage who exhibited great pride and great arrogance
Speaker 1: toward you were judged and they lost their lives. Lord,
Speaker 1: we know that it's within our hearts to show arrogance
Speaker 1: toward you as well. But Lord, your word tells us
Speaker 1: multiple times that you oppose the proud, but show grace
Speaker 1: to the hump. So Lord, we pray that we would
Speaker 1: recognize our need for you. We pray that our hearts
Speaker 1: would be humbled to the point that we recognize the
Speaker 1: need for the salvation and intervention of your son, Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: And we pray Lord, that we would walk the course
Speaker 1: of our days recognizing that Jesus is Lord, and that
Speaker 1: we would pledge our allegiance to your son, and that
Speaker 1: that would bring you glory. We love you, Lord, and
Speaker 1: we thank you that you make this possible, and we
Speaker 1: thank you that you are present with us throughout the
Speaker 1: course of this day. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.