2 Kings 9:13-15

Christian Standard Bible

¹³ Each man quickly took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps.^[a](A) They blew the ram’s horn^(B) and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!” ^(C)

¹⁴ Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram.^(D) Joram and all Israel had been at Ramoth-gilead on guard against King Hazael of Aram. ¹⁵ But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king,^[b] then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go tell about it in Jezreel.”