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2 Kings 9:12-14
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 9:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 They said, “That is not true. Tell us now what he said.” Jehu said, “He said this to me, ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ ”
13 Each of them quickly took his cloak and put it under him upon the stairs. They blew the trumpets and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”[a]
14 The Murder of Joram. So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, plotted against Joram.
Joram and all of Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael, the king of Aram,
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- 2 Kings 9:13 They make a kind of throne for him with the means at hand; in like manner, the crowd will offer royal honors to Jesus on Palm Sunday (Mt 21:8).