H9005–/ל–l

He arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”לְמֶ֛לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

לְאַחְאָב֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”

They said, It is false; tell us now. He said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.

לָ֑נוּ (לָ֑) La. “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

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.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.

לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְהַגִּ֥יד (לְ) le. “to”

So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

לִרְא֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

לִקְרָאתָ֖ם (לִ) li “to”

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.

לִקְרָאת֗וֹ (לִ) li “to”לְּךָ֥ (לְּ) le. “[is] to”וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.

לְּךָ֥ (לְּ) le. “[is] to”וּלְשָׁל֖וֹם (לְ) le. “to”

The watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and isn't coming back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Joram said, Make ready. They made ready his chariot. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this plat, says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [supplied: of ground], according to the word of Yahweh.

לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “to”

In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

לְיוֹרָ֖ם (לְ) le. “of”

They went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

לְקָבְרָ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, This is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

לוֹ֒ (ל) l “to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up [supplied: the sons of] Ahab, saying,

וּלְאַחְאָ֛ב (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand before him: how then shall we stand?

לְפָנָ֑יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

He who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who brought up [supplied: the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you shall bid us; we will not make any man king: you do that which is good in your eyes.

לֵאמֹר֙ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִ֨י (לִ֨) l “[belong] to”וּלְקֹלִ֣י׀ (לְ) le. “to”

There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “of”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”

Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah: and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.

לִשְׁל֥וֹם (לִ) li “for”

When he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

לִקְרָאת֜וֹ (לִ) li “to”

He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh. So they made him ride in his chariot.

לַיהוָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for”

When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.

לְאַחְאָ֛ב (לְ) le. “of”