16 And ^dJehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and ^eElisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

7 But ^cit was ordained by¹ God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, ^dhe went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, ^ewhom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

4 And the Lord said to him, “Call his name ⁱJezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the ^jblood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.