8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and ^aI will cut off from Ahab all ^bthe males in Israel, both ^cbond and free.  ‡

9 So I will make the house of Ahab like the house of ^aJeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of ^bBaasha the son of Ahijah.  ‡

11 Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did ^athis madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.”  ‡

12 And they said, “A lie! Tell us now.” So he said, “Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ ”