When he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there, so he said, ‘I have a message for you, commander.’ Jehu asked, ‘For which one of us? ’ He answered, ‘For you, commander.’
At the carved images near Gilgal he returned and said, ‘King Eglon, I have a secret message for you.’ The king said, ‘Silence! ’ and all his attendants left him.
So Jehu got up and went into the house. The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel.