KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Kings 9:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “That is a lie. Tell us now.” He said, “He said to me, ‘Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.’”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they say, ‘False, declare, we pray thee, to us;’ and he saith, ‘Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 9
9 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:
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and [there shall be] none to bury [her]. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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.
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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּH559 · a.marto sayשֶׁ֔קֶרH8267 · she.qerdeceptionהַגֶּד־H5046 · na.gadto tellנָ֖אH4994 · napleaseלָ֑נוּH9035 · nuusוַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכָּזֹ֤אתH2063 · zotthisוְכָזֹאת֙H2063 · zotthisאָמַ֤רH559 · a.marto sayאֵלַי֙H413 · elto(wards)לֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֚הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽH4886 · ma.shachto anointלְמֶ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
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