Tour · c. 841 BC

Jehu

Ramoth-gilead 2 Kgs 9:1–13
Sent by Elisha, one of the sons of the prophets anoints Jehu king over Israel at Ramoth-gilead, and the captains blow the trumpet: "Jehu is king."
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Jezreel 2 Kgs 9:16–26 · ≈ 65 km in a straight line
He drives to Jezreel, "for he driveth furiously", and in the portion of Naboth shoots Joram king of Israel through the heart.
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Megiddo 2 Kgs 9:27–28 · ≈ 14 km in a straight line
Ahaziah king of Judah flees, is smitten at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam, and dies at Megiddo; his servants bury him in Jerusalem.
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Jezreel 2 Kgs 9:30–37 · ≈ 14 km in a straight line
At Jezreel Jezebel, painted, looks out of a window; she is thrown down, and of her only the skull, the feet and the palms of her hands are found: the dogs have eaten her, as the Lord had said by Elijah.
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Samaria 2 Kgs 10:1–28 · ≈ 34 km in a straight line
The seventy sons of Ahab are slain in Samaria and their heads sent to Jezreel; in Samaria Jehu slays all that remained unto Ahab and destroys Baal out of Israel.
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Gilead 2 Kgs 10:32–33 · ≈ 48 km in a straight line
In those days Hazael of Syria smites Israel east of the Jordan, all the land of Gilead, from Aroer by the river Arnon to Bashan.
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