2nd Kings Chapter Nine

 Ki 9:1  And Elisha the prophet called to one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, Gird up your loins and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 

2Ki 9:2  And you shall go there, and you shall see there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And you shall go in and cause him to rise up from among his brothers. And you shall bring him to an inner room. 

2Ki 9:3  And take the vial of oil and pour on his head, and say, So says Jehovah, I have anointed you as king to Israel. And you shall open the door and flee, and shall not wait. 

2Ki 9:4  And the young man went, the servant of the prophet, to Ramoth-gilead. 

2Ki 9:5  And he came in; and, behold, the army commanders were sitting. And he said, I have a word to you, O commander. And Jehu said, To which of all of us? And he said, To you, O commander. 

2Ki 9:6  And he rose up and came into the house, and poured the oil on his head, and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed you as king to the people of Jehovah, to Israel. 

2Ki 9:7  And you shall strike the house of your lord Ahab, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah from the hand of Jezebel. 

2Ki 9:8  And all the house of Ahab shall perish. Yea, I have cut off to Ahab those who urinate against the wall, both bound and free in Israel. 

2Ki 9:9  And I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 

2Ki 9:10  And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel. And there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door and fled. 

2Ki 9:11  And Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Peace? Why did this madman come to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his message. 

2Ki 9:12  And they said, A lie! Tell us now. And he said, This and this he said to me, saying, So says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel. 

2Ki 9:13  And they hurried, and each man took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and blew with the ram's horn, and said, Jehu reigns! 

2Ki 9:14  And Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Jehoram. And Jehoram was keeping watch at Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel before Hazael the king of Syria. 

2Ki 9:15  And King Jehoram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Syrians had smitten him as he fought with Hazael the king of Syria. And Jehu said, If it is in your minds, do not let one leave the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 

2Ki 9:16  And Jehu rode and went to Jezreel, for Jehoram lay there. And Ahaziah the king of Judah had gone down to see Jehoram. 

2Ki 9:17  And the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel. And he saw the troop of Jehu as he came. And he said, I see a troop. And Jehoram said, Take a rider, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace? 

2Ki 9:18  And the rider on the horse went to meet him, and said, So says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me. And the watchman spoke, saying, The messenger came to them, and he has not returned. 

2Ki 9:19  And he sent a second rider on a horse. And he came to them, and said, So says the king, Peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me. 

2Ki 9:20  And the watchman spoke, saying, He came to them, and he has not returned. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives madly. 

2Ki 9:21  And Jehoram said, Harness up! And his chariot was harnessed. And Jehoram the king of Israel and Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 

2Ki 9:22  And it happened, when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many? 

2Ki 9:23  And Jehoram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, O Ahaziah! 

2Ki 9:24  And Jehu filled his hand with a bow and struck Jehoram between his arms. And the arrow went out from his heart. And he sank down in his chariot. 

2Ki 9:25  And Jehu said to his third officer, Bidkar, Take up, throw him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For, remember, you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, and Jehovah laid this burden on him: 

2Ki 9:26  Surely yesterday I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Jehovah. And I will repay you in this portion, says Jehovah. Now, then, take him up, throw him into the portion of Naboth, according to the Word of Jehovah. 

2Ki 9:27  And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw, and he fled the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him, him also, in the chariot, in the ascent to Gur, that is, Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 

2Ki 9:28  And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his burying place, with his fathers in the city of David. 

2Ki 9:29  And in the eleventh year of Jehoram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah. 

2Ki 9:30  And Jehu came to Jezreel. And Jezebel had heard, and had painted her eyes and adorned her head, and looked down through the window. 

2Ki 9:31  And Jehu came to the gate. And she said, Was it peace to Zimri the slayer of his lord? 

2Ki 9:32  And he lifted his face to the window, and said, Who is with me? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked down to him. 

2Ki 9:33  And he said, Throw her down! And they threw her down. And some of her blood was splashed on the wall, and on the horses. And he trampled her. 

2Ki 9:34  And he came in and ate and drank, and said, Now look after this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter. 

2Ki 9:35  And they went to bury her, but did not find any of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands. 

2Ki 9:36  And they came back and told him. And he said, It is the Word of Jehovah that He spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel, the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel. 

2Ki 9:37  And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. 

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2Ch 22:1  And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place (for all the first ones had been slain by the troop that came in with the Arabians to the battle) and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram the king of Judah reigned. 

2Ch 22:2  Ahaziah was a son of forty two years when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 

2Ch 22:3  He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do evilly. 

2Ch 22:4  And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, for his destruction. 

2Ch 22:5  He also walked in their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab the king of Israel to battle against Hazael the king of Syria, in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians struck Jehoram; 

2Ch 22:6  and he returned to be healed in Jezreel, because of the wounds with which they had stricken him in Ramah, when fighting with Hazael the king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram the king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill. 

2Ch 22:7  Now, the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, for coming to Jehoram; and when he had come he went out with Jehoram to Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 

2Ch 22:8  And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the leaders of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, the servants of Ahaziah, and killed them. 

2Ch 22:9  And he sought out Ahaziah, and they captured him (and he was hiding himself in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu, and put him to death, and buried him; for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And there was none in the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom. 

Verses 1-13 Summary: Elisha sends a messenger to anoint Jehu king of Israel (by the word of Jehovah). The messenger finds Jehu with other commanders of the army (at war with Syria). The messenger speaks privately with Jehu and anoints him king. He tells Jehu that he will cut off the house of Ahab including Jezebel for her murders against God's prophets. The other commanders agree to have Jehu as their new king. Jehu goes to Jezreel where Jehoram is tending to his wounds (Ahaziah, king of Judah is there as well). 

NOTE: This section is a continuation in the immediate sense to chapter eight. Jehoram battles Syria and is wounded and goes to Jezreel to heal from his wounds. Ahaziah is mentioned to follow Jehoram there. (They have an alliance). 

What's even more interesting is that this connects 1Kings;

1Ki 19:15  And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and you shall go in and anoint Hazael as king over Syria; 

1Ki 19:16  and you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, as prophet in your place. 

1Ki 19:17  And it shall be, he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill.

In chapter eight, we see Elisha tell Hazael that Hazael will succeed Ben-hadad after Ben-hadad dies.
Under Elisha's directives, we see Jehu anointed. 
Without any direct verbal/written explanation, we see Elijah's passage of his mantle to Elisha come to pass through these actions. This was God's will apparently.

It's also important to note how NAAMAN fits here. He was a great Syrian general, close to the king. His miraculous cleansing of leprosy clears the way for the king to seek out the advice of Jehovah from His choice prophet Elisha. It should be no surprise that he would seek Elisha's help. There is no formal anointing of Hazael (with oil), the word of God is more than enough.

Verses 14-26 Summary: Jehu heads to Jezreel to confront Jehoram. Jehoram is told that troops are coming. He sends messengers to find out if he comes in peace. Jehu orders the messengers to get behind him. Jehoram realizes that it is Jehu and rides out to meet him. Jehu makes it clear that he has come to kill Jehoram. Jehoram flees. Jehu kills him with an arrow. He orders Jehoram's body to be thrown into Naboths land.

NOTE: Jehu understands his mission. He is avenging the murders against God (prophets) and also Naboth. 

What do we learn from:
2Ki 9:26  Surely yesterday I have seen the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Jehovah..

Did Jezebel have Naboth's sons executed as well (to remove any legal claim to the land)?

Verses 27-29; 2nd Chronicles 22:1-9 Summary: Jehu kills Ahaziah king of Judah. His body is sent to Jerusalem and buried. 

Verses 30-37 Summary: Jehu approaches Jezebel's home. She looks out from an upper window. Jehu call out for help within the house to throw her out the window. They do it. Jehu tramples her (with his horse?) goes inside and eats. He orders her body to be buried. When they get their there is little left of her (unrecognizable). This fulfills the curse/prophecy against her.

Note: Zimri killed Elah and became king for seven days, after which Omri pursued him. Rather than die at the hands of Omri, Zimri torched the room he was in and died in the fire.
Jezebel knows Jehu is coming. She paints her eyes and fixes her hair. Then this question to Jehu:

"Was it peace to Zimri the slayer of his lord?"
So what's going on here?

My assumption is that she assumes power. She apparently knows that Jehu has killed Jehoram "his lord." She is going to look the part of a queen. The she insults Jehu. Zimri's "reign" was all of seven days and he died a humiliating death/suicide. She is intimating that Jehu will end the same.
It's also important to note Jehu's understanding where his power is coming from. He is doing the judicial bidding of Jehovah. This is important to see now because Jehu is really not a great faithful servant of God. He THINKS he is a user of God. That is an apparent issue with most of these kings.