Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
He said, This is the word of the Lord - (see the notes at 1 Kings 21:23.) Jehu's statement, however, was not a literal, but a paraphrased quotation of Elijah's prophecy.