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Here's one: (2 Kings Chapter 9)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

And another one, in Vayera (Beresheet 20:16):

"And to Sarah he said, “I herewith give your brother a thousand pieces of silver; this will serve you as vindication before all who are with you, and you are cleared before everyone.”"

This is after Avimelech finds out Sarah isn't Avraham's sister, at least not in the common understanding of the word (either not a full sister or his niece), yet when he speaks to Sarah, he doesn't refer to Avraham as Sarah's husband but as her brother. More like ""brother"". I've for a long time thought that this is Avimelech making a crack at the situation and that he's practically winking when he's saying this.

Here's one: (2 Kings Chapter 9)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

Here's one: (2 Kings Chapter 9)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

And another one, in Vayera (Beresheet 20:16):

"And to Sarah he said, “I herewith give your brother a thousand pieces of silver; this will serve you as vindication before all who are with you, and you are cleared before everyone.”"

This is after Avimelech finds out Sarah isn't Avraham's sister, at least not in the common understanding of the word (either not a full sister or his niece), yet when he speaks to Sarah, he doesn't refer to Avraham as Sarah's husband but as her brother. More like ""brother"". I've for a long time thought that this is Avimelech making a crack at the situation and that he's practically winking when he's saying this.

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Here's one: (https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b09.htm2 Kings Chapter 9)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

Here's one: (https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b09.htm)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

Here's one: (2 Kings Chapter 9)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?

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Here's one: (https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09b09.htm)

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. [...] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said unto him: 'Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee?'..."

Yehu is just sitting in his war room, with all the important generals, and some kid prophet-in-training seemingly randomly walks in, takes Yehu to a back room and pour oil on him...and then claims he needs to commit treason against his boss, then just runs out. Finally, the generals see Yehu and ask: "Is all well?" Hmmm...Yehu's head is dripping oil...what do you think?