Translations
"That's a lie — tell us!" they pressed. So he told them: "He said this to me: 'This is what Yahweh says: I anoint you king over Israel.'"
"That's not true!" they said. "Tell us." So he said, "He spoke to me thus: 'Thus says YHWH: I have anointed you king over Yisra'el.'"
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”