2 Kings 9:1-13
Jehu Anointed King of Israel
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. 2 Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room. 3 Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you king over Israel.“‘ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.”
4 So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 And when he arrived, there were the captains of the army sitting; and he said, “I have a message for you, Commander.”
Jehu said, “For which one of us?”
And he said, “For you, Commander.” 6 Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel. 7 You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both bond and free. 9 So 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 The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.’” And he opened the door and fled.
11 Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?”
And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.”
12 And they said, “A lie! Tell us now.”
So he said, “Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’”
13 Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, “Jehu is king!”
The LORD God chose a king and anointed him to rule over His people and establish their kingdom under His authority while also taking vengeance on the evil who opposed Him and them. This is a rough shadow of the Chosen Anointed (translated as Christ/Messiah) King appointed over all kings and kingdoms of this world, who also will bring final defeat of judgment to the evil adversary of us and Him (Matthew 22:44, 1 Corinthians 15:24-25, Revelation 12:17) in the final battle. Then His kingdom which brings honor to God alone will be established and continue on earth as in heaven, forever and ever, amen. This account of Jehu shows us a shadow of the full vengeance of the Lord for all His servants the prophets who went before and were all killed for bearing witness of their testimony of the gospel (Revelation 6:9, 10) at the hands of those opposed to Him and His good work to deliver His people from such evil and the evil (Matthew 6:13, Galatians 1:4, 2 Timothy 4:17-18, 1 Peter 5:8) one. We therefore now say, “Jesus is King!” instead of these here who saw only a dim foreshadowing of Him in and earthly king when they cried, “Jehu is king!” The common thread here is that the Lord delivers and reigns in righteousness over His own chosen people. He is our chosen anointed (1 Timothy 1:17, 6:15, Revelation 1:5, 17:14, 19:16) King!
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