9:1 先知以利沙叫了一個先知門徒來，吩咐他說：「你束上腰，手拿這瓶膏油往基列的拉末去。
9:2 到了那裡，要尋找寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶，使他從同僚中起來，帶他進嚴密的屋子，
9:3 將瓶裡的膏油倒在他頭上，說：『耶和華如此說：我膏你作以色列王。』說完了，就開門逃跑，不要遲延。」
9:4 於是那少年先知往基列的拉末去了。
9:5 到了那裡，看見眾軍長都坐著，就說：「將軍哪，我有話對你說。」耶戶說：「我們眾人裡，你要對哪一個說呢？」回答說：「將軍哪，我要對你說。」
9:6 耶戶就起來，進了屋子，少年人將膏油倒在他頭上，對他說：「耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：『我膏你作耶和華民以色列的王。
9:7 你要擊殺你主人亞哈的全家，我好在耶洗別身上伸我僕人眾先知和耶和華一切僕人流血的冤。
9:8 亞哈全家必都滅亡，凡屬亞哈的男丁，無論是困住的、自由的，我必從以色列中剪除，
9:9 使亞哈的家像尼八兒子耶羅波安的家，又像亞希雅兒子巴沙的家。
9:10 耶洗別必在耶斯列田裡被狗所吃，無人葬埋。』」說完了，少年人就開門逃跑了。
9:11 耶戶出來，回到他主人的臣僕那裡，有一人問他說：「平安嗎？這狂妄的人來見你有甚麼事呢？」回答說：「你們認得那人，也知道他說甚麼。」
9:12 他們說：「這是假話，你據實地告訴我們。」回答說：「他如此如此對我說。他說：『耶和華如此說：我膏你作以色列王。』」
9:13 他們就急忙各將自己的衣服鋪在上層臺階，使耶戶坐在其上；他們吹角，說：「耶戶作王了！」
The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead. 2 When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go to him, get him away from his companions and take him into an inner room. 3 Then take the flask and pour the oil on his head and declare, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run; don’t delay!”
4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said.
“For which of us?” asked Jehu.
“For you, commander,” he replied.
6 Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. 7 You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel. 8 The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a] 9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.
11 When Jehu went out to his fellow officers, one of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this maniac come to you?”
“You know the man and the sort of things he says,” Jehu replied.
12 “That’s not true!” they said. “Tell us.”
Jehu said, “Here is what he told me: ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
13 They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet and shouted, “Jehu is king!”
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上帝是歷史的主，王起與王落，全在上帝的手中，也因此上帝透過先知以利沙派遣一位年輕的先知去膏立寧示的孫子、約沙法的兒子耶戶成為以色列王，接續亞哈家來統治以色列！
上帝透過少年人向耶戶宣告：「我膏你作耶和華民以色列的王。你要擊殺你主人亞哈的全家，我好在耶洗別身上伸我僕人眾先知和耶和華一切僕人流血的冤。亞哈全家必都滅亡，凡屬亞哈的男丁，無論是困住的、自由的，我必從以色列中剪除，使亞哈的家像尼八兒子耶羅波安的家，又像亞希雅兒子巴沙的家。耶洗別必在耶斯列田裡被狗所吃，無人葬埋。」
從這樣的宣告，發現上帝是行事公義的上帝，不是放任惡者繼續塗炭上帝的僕人，必定會追討的！求主保守與引導我們，讓我們因著耶穌基督的緣故，永遠享受上帝同在的恩惠，直到永遠！
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