耶户起身往撒马利亚去。在路上,牧人剪羊毛之处,
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
遇见犹大王亚哈谢的弟兄,问他们说,你们是谁。回答说,我们是亚哈谢的弟兄,现在下去要问王和太后的众子安。
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
耶户说,你和我同去,看我为耶和华怎样热心。于是请他坐在车上,
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
耶户吩咐掌管礼服的人说,拿出礼服来,给一切拜巴力的人穿。他就拿出礼服来给了他们。
And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
耶户其馀的事,凡他所行的和他的勇力都写在以色列诸王记上。
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
住平原的以色列众人见以色列军兵逃跑,扫罗和他儿子都死了,也就弃城逃跑,非利士人便来住在其中。
And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
次日,非利士人来剥那被杀之人的衣服,看见扫罗和他儿子仆倒在基利波山,
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
又将扫罗的军装放在他们神的庙里,将他的首级钉在大衮庙中。
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
基列雅比人听见非利士人向扫罗所行的一切事,
And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
以色列人打发人去请他,他就和以色列众人来见罗波安,对他说,
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,