# Jehu Becomes King - The Book of 2 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 18 Dec 2023, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 111. In this episode of our podcast, we're diving into a thrilling story from the book of 2 Kings in the Bible! Discover how Elisha, following God's instructions, sends a young prophet on a secret mission to anoint Jehu as the new king of Israel. We'll follow Jehu's daring journey to confront King Joram, his clever tactics to gain followers, and his bold actions to fulfill God's prophecy. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak and
[0:03] Speaker 1: put it under him on the top of the stairs,
[0:06] Speaker 1: and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king. 2 Kings
[0:13] Speaker 1: 9.13 Dear God, you never fail. Thanks for showing us
[0:18] Speaker 1: in your word how your perfect plans unfold every time,
[0:24] Speaker 1: even when we don't understand what you're doing. Help us
[0:28] Speaker 1: to be the kinds of friends and leaders that people
[0:31] Speaker 1: want to follow. Teach us to be righteous and to
[0:35] Speaker 1: lead others to you with courage and strength. In Jesus'
[0:39] Speaker 1: name I pray.
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[1:16] Speaker 3: Jehu becomes king. In our last story, Elisha predicts the
[1:22] Speaker 3: evil coming from Hazael. In this story, Jehu will be
[1:27] Speaker 3: anointed king and will destroy the family of Ahab, as
[1:32] Speaker 3: inspired by 2 Kings.
[1:39] Speaker 1: Hi, it's Julia Sabler. I'm so glad you're here for
[1:42] Speaker 1: the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. Today we're going
[1:46] Speaker 1: to hear about the new King Jehu and what his
[1:49] Speaker 1: friends did when they found out he was king. As usual,
[1:54] Speaker 1: God is taking care of everything and his perfect plan
[1:58] Speaker 1: is in place once again. Let's listen and see.
[2:05] Speaker 3: Because everyone in Ahab's royal family stopped worshiping Yahweh, the
[2:10] Speaker 3: one true God, God told Elisha to make General Jehu
[2:14] Speaker 3: the king of Israel. Elisha saw a young prophet and
[2:19] Speaker 3: told him, take this oil and find Jehu. He's going
[2:24] Speaker 3: to be with his friends, but you have to speak
[2:27] Speaker 3: to him alone. Pour this oil on his head and
[2:31] Speaker 3: make him king of Israel. When you finish, open the
[2:35] Speaker 3: door and run away. And without another minute to spare,
[2:39] Speaker 3: the young prophet started on his way to the city.
[2:43] Speaker 3: He asked everyone about where Jehu was. It took him
[2:47] Speaker 3: a while, but with enough time, he was able to
[2:49] Speaker 3: find out that Jehu was visiting important friends. just like
[2:54] Speaker 3: Elisha told him. When he got to the house, he
[2:57] Speaker 3: blew through the front door, shocking Jehu. The young prophet said,
[3:03] Speaker 3: I have a message for you. Jehu and the prophet
[3:06] Speaker 3: left the group of friends and went somewhere where no
[3:09] Speaker 3: one could see them. Then the prophet poured the oil
[3:12] Speaker 3: on Jehu's head and said, God wanted me to tell
[3:16] Speaker 3: you that you are the new king of Israel. But
[3:20] Speaker 3: before you can become king, You have to find a
[3:23] Speaker 3: way to destroy every man in Ahab's family. And you
[3:27] Speaker 3: have to destroy Jezebel too. Leave her in the streets
[3:31] Speaker 3: so the dogs can eat her. After saying this, the
[3:35] Speaker 3: young prophet did what Elisha told him to do and
[3:39] Speaker 3: ran away fast. When Jehu returned back to the house,
[3:43] Speaker 3: his friends asked him, What did that crazy prophet want?
[3:48] Speaker 3: Jehu said, You know how he talks. but his friends
[3:52] Speaker 3: could tell that there was a funny look on his face.
[3:55] Speaker 3: So they asked again, saying, No, really, please tell us.
[3:59] Speaker 3: Jehu finally gave in and said, The prophet said, I
[4:05] Speaker 3: anoint you king of Israel. Then they all spread their
[4:09] Speaker 3: coats on the floor, blew a trumpet, and shouted, Jehu
[4:14] Speaker 3: is the real king of Israel. While Joram's nephew came
[4:18] Speaker 3: to visit Joram, Jehu rode with his whole army towards
[4:22] Speaker 3: the palace. There were soldiers on the lookout, and they
[4:26] Speaker 3: saw the army that was racing towards them. Joram told
[4:29] Speaker 3: the guards, Send someone to talk to them, to see
[4:32] Speaker 3: if they come in peace. So they sent the first
[4:35] Speaker 3: messenger out, and when he got to Jehu, the messenger
[4:39] Speaker 3: asked him, The king wants to know if you're coming
[4:42] Speaker 3: in peace. Then Jehu said, What does the king know
[4:47] Speaker 3: about peace? Come and join my men. After this, the
[4:51] Speaker 3: messenger joined Jihyo's army. The lookout soldier told Joram, We
[4:57] Speaker 3: sent the messenger a while ago, but he's not back yet.
[5:00] Speaker 3: I think he joined their army. So the king sent
[5:04] Speaker 3: another messenger out. The messenger asked the same question. The
[5:09] Speaker 3: king wants to know if you're coming in peace. And
[5:12] Speaker 3: Jihyo gave the same answer. What does the king know
[5:16] Speaker 3: about peace? Come and join my men. And so the
[5:20] Speaker 3: second messenger joined his army too. The lookout soldier told Joram,
[5:26] Speaker 3: Second messenger has joined their army. I think I know
[5:30] Speaker 3: whose army this is though. You see that man in
[5:33] Speaker 3: the front chariot? He's driving like a madman. And the
[5:36] Speaker 3: only person I know who drives like that is Jihyo.
[5:40] Speaker 3: Joram was angry and he said, Go, get our chariots.
[5:45] Speaker 3: And both Joram and his nephew went to see what
[5:48] Speaker 3: was going on. When they reached Jihyo and his army,
[5:53] Speaker 3: Joram shouted, Jihyo, do you come in peace? And Jihyo
[5:58] Speaker 3: answered back, How can there be peace when your mother, Jezebel,
[6:02] Speaker 3: practices witchcraft and makes everyone worship idols? Then Joram finally
[6:08] Speaker 3: knew what was going on, so he turned around. Jihyo
[6:12] Speaker 3: shot an arrow that hit Joram in the shoulder, and
[6:16] Speaker 3: it ended him. Jihyo shouted, Take his body and throw
[6:20] Speaker 3: it in the land his father stole from Naboth. Then
[6:24] Speaker 3: he chased after Joram's nephew, and when he was close,
[6:28] Speaker 3: Jehu shot an arrow and ended him too. So in
[6:32] Speaker 3: one day, Jehu ended Ahab's son and his grandson just
[6:38] Speaker 3: like God had promised. Now the only one that was
[6:42] Speaker 3: left was the witch Jezebel.
[6:51] Speaker 1: Today's story is all about a new king named Jehu.
[6:54] Speaker 1: But before we get to his story, let's talk about
[6:57] Speaker 1: what went wrong with Ahab's family. As we open today's story, Joram,
[7:03] Speaker 1: Ahab's son, is now king over Israel. But in this
[7:06] Speaker 1: chapter of 2 Kings, the Bible tells us that Ahab's
[7:10] Speaker 1: entire family had stopped worshiping the one true God. Regardless
[7:16] Speaker 1: of what had happened in the past, They had turned
[7:19] Speaker 1: their backs on God and decided to do things their
[7:22] Speaker 1: own way. That's something we've heard about a lot in
[7:27] Speaker 1: these stories from the Bible. And I know you know
[7:31] Speaker 1: how that turns out. Because Ahab's family had turned wicked
[7:36] Speaker 1: and refused to follow God, God told Elisha that he
[7:40] Speaker 1: wanted a general named Jehu to be the new king.
[7:45] Speaker 1: But instead of taking care of this assignment alone, Elisha
[7:50] Speaker 1: found a younger prophet, perhaps someone he was training, and
[7:54] Speaker 1: asked him to do it. Elisha gave this young prophet
[7:59] Speaker 1: exact instructions on finding Jehu, getting along with him, telling
[8:04] Speaker 1: him what God had said, and anointing his head with oil.
[8:09] Speaker 1: And like any other faithful prophet, he did just as
[8:13] Speaker 1: Elisha said. But there was one more thing. The family
[8:17] Speaker 1: of Ahab would have to be destroyed because they disobeyed God.
[8:23] Speaker 1: Little did Jehu know that this very day his whole
[8:27] Speaker 1: life was going to change. He was going to find
[8:31] Speaker 1: out that he was the next king of Israel and
[8:34] Speaker 1: he was going to have a big job ahead of him.
[8:39] Speaker 1: So after the young prophet took Jehu away, gave him
[8:43] Speaker 1: the message, and anointed him king, Jehu returned to his friends.
[8:48] Speaker 1: And I guess you could say they were very curious
[8:51] Speaker 1: about what was going on. When they asked him what happened,
[8:55] Speaker 1: he tried to keep it a secret when they asked
[8:57] Speaker 1: him what happened. Now, have you ever tried to keep
[9:02] Speaker 1: a secret from a good friend? It's not easy to do.
[9:07] Speaker 1: They kept on asking, so Jehu eventually told his friends
[9:11] Speaker 1: what the young prophet had said and how he was
[9:14] Speaker 1: soon to become king. And what happens next tells us
[9:19] Speaker 1: everything we need to know about this Jehu and his character.
[9:24] Speaker 1: Do you know how his friends responded? They cheered, yelled, celebrated,
[9:30] Speaker 1: and partied. They were so happy to know that Jehu
[9:34] Speaker 1: would be the new king. The Bible says they even
[9:37] Speaker 1: took off their coats and spread them on the ground,
[9:41] Speaker 1: treating him like royalty. This reminds me of a verse
[9:45] Speaker 1: in Proverbs 29 too. Remember who wrote this book? The
[9:50] Speaker 1: wisest man who ever lived. The verse says that when
[9:54] Speaker 1: things are going well for a righteous person, people rejoice.
[9:59] Speaker 1: But Okay. Okay. So as Jehu rode toward the palace,
[10:22] Speaker 1: Joram started getting nervous. He sent one messenger who decided
[10:28] Speaker 1: to jump ship and join Jehu's army. And then it
[10:32] Speaker 1: happened again with a second messenger. As the story comes
[10:37] Speaker 1: to a close, Ahab's son and grandson are killed and
[10:41] Speaker 1: Jehu takes the throne. I wonder what kind of king
[10:44] Speaker 1: he will be. What do you think? Well, that's all
[10:47] Speaker 1: for today. Thanks for listening. And remember, the Bible is
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