2 Kings 9:14-24

14Thus JehuH3058 sonH1121 of JehoshaphatH3092, the sonH1121 of NimshiH5250, conspiredH7194 againstH413 JoramH3141.

(Now JoramH3141 and allH3605 IsraelH3478 had beenH1961 defendingH8104 Ramoth-gileadH7418H1568 againstH6440 HazaelH2371 kingH4428 of AramH758, 15but KingH4428 JoramH30881 had returnedH7725 to JezreelH3157 to recoverH7495 fromH4480 the woundsH4347 he had sufferedH5221 at the hands of the ArameansH761 in the battleH3898 againstH854 HazaelH2371 their kingH4428H758.)

So JehuH3058 saidH559, “IfH518H3426 you commanders wish to make me kingH5315, then do notH408 let anyoneH3318 escapeH6412 fromH4480 the cityH5892 to goH1980 and tellH5046 it in JezreelH3157.”

16Then JehuH3058 got into his chariotH7392 and wentH1980 to JezreelH3157, becauseH3588 JoramH3141 was laid upH7901 thereH8033. And AhaziahH274 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 had gone downH3381 to seeH7200 him.

17Now the watchmanH6822 standingH5975 onH5921 the towerH4026 in JezreelH3157 sawH7200 Jehu’sH3058 troopsH8229 approachingH935, and he called outH559, “IH589 seeH7200 a company ofH8229 troops!”

“ChooseH3947 a riderH7395,” JoramH3088 commandedH559. “Send him outH7971 to meet themH7122 and askH559, ‘Have you come in peaceH7965?’”

18So a horsemanH7392H5483 rode offH1980 to meet JehuH7122 and saidH559, “This is whatH3541 the kingH4428 asksH559: ‘Have you come in peaceH7965?’”

“WhatH4100 do you know about peaceH7965?” JehuH3058 repliedH559. “Fall inH5437H413 behind meH310.”

And the watchmanH6822H559 reportedH5046, “The messengerH4397 reachedH935H5704 themH1992, but he is notH3808 coming backH7725.”

19So the king sent outH7971 a secondH8145 horsemanH7392H5483, who wentH935 to themH413 and saidH559, “This is whatH3541 the kingH4428 asksH559: ‘Have you come in peaceH7965?’”

“WhatH4100 do you know about peaceH7965?” JehuH3058 repliedH559. “Fall inH5437H413 behind meH310.”

20Again the watchmanH6822H559 reportedH5046, “He reachedH935H5704 themH413, but he is notH3808 coming backH7725. And the charioteerH4491 is driving likeH4491 JehuH3058 sonH1121 of NimshiH5250H35882—he is drivingH5090 like a madmanH7697!”

21“HarnessH631!” JoramH3088 shoutedH559, and they harnessedH631 his chariotH7393.

Then JoramH3088 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 and AhaziahH274 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 set outH3318, eachH376 in his own chariotH7393, and metH3318H7122 JehuH3058H4672 on the propertyH2513 of NabothH5022 the JezreeliteH3158.

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When JoramH3088 sawH7200 JehuH3058, he askedH559, “Have you come in peaceH7965, JehuH3058?”

“HowH4100 can there beH5704 peaceH7965,” he repliedH559, “as long asH7227 the idolatryH21833 and witchcraftH3785 of your motherH517 Jezebel aboundH348?”

23JoramH3088H3027 turned aroundH20154 and fledH5127, calling outH559 toH413 AhaziahH274, “TreacheryH4820, AhaziahH274!”

24Then JehuH3058 drewH4390H3027 his bowH7198 and shotH5221 JoramH3088 betweenH996 the shouldersH2220. The arrowH2678 piercedH3318 his heartH3820, and he slumped downH3766 in his chariotH7393.