3 pour this olive oil on his head, and say, ‘The Lord proclaims that he anoints you king of Israel.’ Then leave there as fast as you can.”
4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth,
5 where he found the army officers in a conference. He said, “Sir, I have a message for you.”Jehu asked, “Which one of us are you speaking to?”“To you, sir,” he replied.
6 Then the two of them went indoors, and the young prophet poured the olive oil on Jehu's head and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, proclaims: ‘I anoint you king of my people Israel.
7 You are to kill your master the king, that son of Ahab, so that I may punish Jezebel for murdering my prophets and my other servants.
8 All Ahab's family and descendants are to die; I will get rid of every male in his family, young and old alike.
9 I will treat his family as I did the families of King Jeroboam of Israel and of King Baasha of Israel.