2 Kings 9
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2 Kings 9:22-28

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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 idolatryH21831 and witchcraftH3785 of your motherH517 Jezebel aboundH348?”

23JoramH3088H3027 turned aroundH20152 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.

25And Jehu saidH559 toH413 BidkarH920 his officerH7969, “Pick him upH5375 and throw himH7993 into the fieldH2513H7704 of NabothH5022 the JezreeliteH3158. ForH3588 remember thatH2142 when youH859 and IH589 were ridingH7392 togetherH6776 behindH310 his fatherH1 AhabH256, the LORDH3068 lifted upH5375 thisH2088 burdenH4853 against himH5921: 26‘As surelyH518H3808 as I sawH7200 the bloodH1818 of NabothH5022 and the bloodH1818 of his sonsH1121 yesterdayH570, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, so will I repayH7999 you on thisH2063 plot of groundH2513, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.’ Now thenH6258, according to the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068, pick him upH5375 and throw himH7993 on the plotH2513 of ground.”

27When KingH4428 AhaziahH274 of JudahH3063 sawH7200 this, he fledH5127 up the roadH1870 toward Beth-hagganH1004H1588.

And JehuH3058 pursued himH7291H310, shoutingH559, “ShootH5221 himH853 tooH1571!”

So they shot Ahaziah inH413 his chariotH4818 on the AscentH4608 of GurH1483,3 near IbleamH2991, and he fledH5127 to MegiddoH4023 and diedH4191 thereH8033. 28Then his servantsH5650 carried him by chariotH7392 to JerusalemH3389 and buriedH6912 himH853 with his fathersH1 in his tombH6900H5973 in the CityH5892 of DavidH1732.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 9:22 Hebrew adultery or prostitution, here a metaphor for idolatry ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 9:23 Literally turned his hands ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 9:27 See Syriac, Vulgate, and LXX; Hebrew “Shoot him, too, in his chariot!” (They did this) on the Ascent of Gur, ↩

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