2 Kings 9:16-29

16Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, since Joram was lying there recovering. 1And Ahaziah the king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the 2company of Jehu as he came, and he said, “I see a 3company.” And 4Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and have him 5ask, ‘Is your intention peace?’” 18So a horseman went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is your intention peace?’” But Jehu said, “67How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me.” And the watchman 8reported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.” 19Then he sent a second horseman, and he came to them and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is your intention peace?’” And Jehu 9answered, “10How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me.” 20And the watchman 11reported, “He came up to them, but he did not return; and 12the 13driving is like the driving of 14Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

21Then 15Joram said, “16Get ready.” And they 17made his chariot ready. 18Then 19Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him on the 2021property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22When 22Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is your intention peace, Jehu?” And he 23answered, “What ‘peace,’ 24so long as your mother Jezebel’s acts of prostitution and witchcraft are so many?” 23So 25Joram 26turned back and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, “27There is treachery, Ahaziah!” 24Then 28Jehu 29drew his bow with his full strength and 30shot 31Joram between his arms; and the arrow went 32through his heart, and he sank in his chariot. 25And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and 33throw him on the 34property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when 35you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, that the 36Lord brought this 37pronouncement against him: 26‘38I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ declares the Lord, ‘and 39I will repay you on this 40property,’ declares the Lord. Now then, pick him up and throw him on the 41property, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”

2742When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by way of the garden house. But Jehu pursued him and said, “43Shoot him too, in the chariot.” So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at 44Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. 2845Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

29Now in 46the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.