'God Almighty hath said concerning thee,' I have anointed thee king
over the people of Israel, that thou mayest exterminate
the offspring of Ahab the wicked king,
that I may be avenged on the accursed Jezebel;
she shall be for meat to dogs, not buried in the earth.'"
Then Jehu, the newly hallowed king,
went with his forces, to accomplish those things
which God had commanded him, amongst his brethren.
Then came against him king Joram,
asked whether he came, thus boldly, in peace
Then answered Jehu and said to him fearlessly,
'Yet thy mother's wicked whoredoms
and many witchcrafts are going on.'
Then Joram turned instantly away and said,
'This is treachery; ' and Jehu shot him
behind his back, so that his heart burst.
Then he bade him be cast out of the way thus dead.
Then fled the king of Judah who came with the other,
but Jehu pursued him, and took his life from him;
then went he to Jezebel, who was in the city
and stood upon an upper floor magnificently adorned,
and had painted her eyes and her face with red,
to meet Jehu, and beheld his approach.
Then Jehu looked up to the shameful one,
and immediately commanded men to push her over from behind;
so she was thrown down before the horses,
and the horses trod her ignominiously under their feet.
Then Jehu went to sit at his banquet,
and after his feast said to his servants,
'Go to this witch whom I bade men throw down,
and bury her corpse, for her birth's sake.'
They went quickly, but she was all devoured,
save only the hands and the upper part of the head,
