This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H3068 and H1931; Jehovah (is) He; Jehu, the name of five Israelites
Traditional renderings: Jehu.
Traditional renderings: Jehu.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
58 total
- 1 Kings 16:1יֵה֣וּא · JehuThen the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
- 1 Kings 16:7יֵה֨וּא · JehuMoreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 16:12יֵה֥וּא · JehuSo Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
- 1 Kings 19:16יֵה֣וּא · JehuYou are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- 1 Kings 19:17 (2×)יֵה֑וּא · Jehu; יֵה֖וּא · of JehuThen Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
- 2 Kings 9:2יֵה֨וּא · for JehuWhen you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
- 2 Kings 9:5יֵהוּא֙ · Jehu…and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
- 2 Kings 9:11וְיֵה֗וּא · When JehuWhen Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
- 2 Kings 9:13יֵהֽוּא׃ · JehuQuickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
- 2 Kings 9:14יֵה֛וּא · Thus JehuThus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
- 2 Kings 9:15יֵהוּא֙ · So Jehu…but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
- 2 Kings 9:16יֵהוּא֙ · Then JehuThen Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
- 2 Kings 9:17יֵהוּא֙ · Jehu’sNow the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
- 2 Kings 9:18יֵה֛וּא · JehuSo a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
- 2 Kings 9:19יֵה֛וּא · JehuSo the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- 2 Kings 9:20יֵה֣וּא · JehuAgain the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
- 2 Kings 9:21יֵה֔וּא · Jehu“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 2 Kings 9:22 (2×)יֵה֔וּא · Jehu; יֵה֑וּא · JehuWhen Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
- 2 Kings 9:24וְיֵה֞וּא · Then JehuThen Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 9:27יֵה֗וּא · And JehuWhen King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
- 2 Kings 9:30יֵה֖וּא · Now when JehuNow when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- 2 Kings 9:31וְיֵה֖וּא · And as JehuAnd as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
- 2 Kings 10:1יֵה֨וּא · So JehuNow Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
- 2 Kings 10:5יֵה֤וּא׀ · JehuSo the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
- 2 Kings 10:11יֵה֗וּא · So JehuSo Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.
- 2 Kings 10:13וְיֵה֗וּא · JehuJehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
- 2 Kings 10:18 (2×)יֵהוּא֙ · Then Jehu; יֵה֖וּא · but JehuThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
- 2 Kings 10:19וְיֵהוּא֙ · But JehuNow, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
- 2 Kings 10:20יֵה֗וּא · And JehuAnd Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
- 2 Kings 10:21יֵהוּא֙ · Then JehuThen Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
- 2 Kings 10:23יֵה֛וּא · Next, JehuNext, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
- 2 Kings 10:24וְיֵה֞וּא · Now JehuAnd they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
- 2 Kings 10:25יֵ֠הוּא · JehuWhen he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
- 2 Kings 10:28יֵה֛וּא · Thus JehuThus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
- 2 Kings 10:29יֵה֖וּא · [he]…but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- 2 Kings 10:30יֵה֗וּא · JehuNevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
- 2 Kings 10:31וְיֵה֗וּא · Yet JehuYet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 10:34יֵה֛וּא · of JehuAs for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 10:35יֵהוּא֙ · And JehuAnd Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 10:36יֵהוּא֙ · of Jehu’sSo the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
- 2 Kings 12:1לְיֵהוּא֙ · of JehuIn the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
- 2 Kings 13:1יֵה֤וּא · of JehuIn the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 14:8יֵה֛וּא · of JehuThen Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
- 2 Kings 15:12יֵהוּא֙ · JehuSo the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
- 1 Chronicles 2:38 (2×)יֵה֔וּא · Jehu; וְיֵה֖וּא · JehuObed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,
- 1 Chronicles 4:35וְיֵהוּא֙ · JehuJoel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),