12They said, |That is a lie. Tell us now.| He said, |He said to me, 'Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.'|


In Context

9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.'| He opened the door, and fled.

11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, |Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?| He said to them, |You know the man and what his talk was.|

12 They said, |That is a lie. Tell us now.| He said, |He said to me, 'Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.'|

13 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, |Jehu is king.|

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;

2 Kings 9:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:12"That's not true!" they said. "Tell us." Jehu said, "Here is what he told me: 'This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, [It is] false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12But they answered: It is false, but rather do thou tell us. And he said to them: Thus and thus did he speak to me: and he said: Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, It is false! tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And they say, 'False, declare, we pray thee, to us;' and he saith, 'Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel.