2Kings:9:14-29

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* So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram . (Now Joram had kept guard at Ramoth –gil ’ad , he and all Israel , because of Chazael the king of Syria . * But king Jehoram was returned to be healed in Yizre ’el of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him , when he was fighting with Chazael the king of Syria .) And Jehu said , If this be your mind , then let none that escapeth go forth out of the city to go to tell it in Yizre ’el . * So Jehu rode in a chariot , and went to Yizre ’el ; for Joram was lying there . And Achazyah the king of Judah was come down to see Joram . * And the watchman stood on the tower in Yizre ’el , and he saw the company of Jehu as he came ; and he said , A company do I see , And Jehoram said , Take a horseman , and send out to meet them , and let him say , Is it peace ? * So there went one riding on horseback to meet him , and said , Thus hath said the king , Is it peace ? And Jehu said , What hast thou to do with peace ? turn thee about behind me . And the watchman told , saying , The messenger came up to them , but he hath not returned . * Then sent he out a second rider on horseback , who came to them , and said , Thus hath said the king , Is it peace ? And Jehu answered , What hast thou to do with peace ? turn thee about behind me . * And the watchman told , saying , He came up to them , but he hath not returned : and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for he driveth as though he were mad . * And Jehoram said , Harness up . And his chariot was harnessed up . And Jehoram the king of Israel and Achazyahu the king of Judah went out , each in his chariot , and they went out to meet Jehu , and found him in the portion of land of Naboth the Yizre ’elite . * And it came to pass , when Jehoram saw Jehu , that he said , Is it peace , Jehu ? And he said , What peace can there be with the acts of incest of thy mother Izebel and her many witchcrafts ? * And Jehoram turned about , and fled , and said to Achazyahu , Treachery , Achazyahu . * And Jehu grasped the bow with his full strength , and struck Jehoram between his arms , and the arrow went out at his heart , and he sunk down in his chariot . * Then said he to Bidkar his officer , Lift up , cast him down in the part of the field that was Naboth ’s the Yizre ’elite ; for remember how that I and thou rode alongside each other after Achab his father , when the Lord pronounced over him this fatal decree : * Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth , and the blood of his sons , saith the Lord ; and I will repay thee in this part of the field , saith the Lord . And now lift up , cast him down into the field , according to the word of the Lord . * And when Achazyahu the king of Judah saw this , he fled by the way of the garden –house ; but Jehu pursued after him , and said , Also him smite in the chariot . on the ascent to Gur , which is by Yible ’am . And he fled to Megiddo , and died there . * And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem , and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David . * And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab became Achazyah king over Judah .

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