Context 23So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, “There is treachery, O Ahaziah!” 24And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. 25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Take him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the LORD laid this oracle against him: 26‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the LORD. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD.” Jehu Assassinates Ahaziah 27When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him too, in the chariot.” So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28Then 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 the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. 30When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. 31As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it well, Zimri, your master’s murderer?” 32Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him. Jezebel Is Slain 33He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. 34When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.” 35They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; 37and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’” Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. Douay-Rheims Bible And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said to Ochozias: There is treachery, Ochozias. Darby Bible Translation Then Joram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah! English Revised Version And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. Webster's Bible Translation And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. World English Bible Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "There is treason, Ahaziah!" Young's Literal Translation And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, 'Deceit, O Ahaziah!' Library The Fall of the House of Ahab[This chapter is based on 1 Kings 21; 2 Kings 1.] The evil influence that Jezebel had exercised from the first over Ahab continued during the later years of his life and bore fruit in deeds of shame and violence such as have seldom been equaled in sacred history. "There was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up." Naturally of a covetous disposition, Ahab, strengthened and sustained in wrongdoing by Jezebel, had followed … Ellen Gould White—The Story of Prophets and Kings Kings Links 2 Kings 9:23 NIV • 2 Kings 9:23 NLT • 2 Kings 9:23 ESV • 2 Kings 9:23 NASB • 2 Kings 9:23 KJV • 2 Kings 9:23 Bible Apps • 2 Kings 9:23 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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