2 Kings 9
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2 Kings 9:27-35

27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, “Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

28His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

29Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab.

30Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

31When Jehu came through the gate, she said, “Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?”

32He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

33He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her.

34He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”

35But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.

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