2Kings:9:16-29

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ylt @2Kings:9:16 @And Jehu rideth , and goeth to Jezreel , for Joram is lying there , and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram . ylt @2Kings:9:17 @And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel , and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming , and saith , 'A company I see ;' and Joram saith , 'Take a rider and send to meet them , and let him say , Is there peace ?' ylt @2Kings:9:18 @and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him , and saith , 'Thus said the king , Is there peace ?' and Jehu saith , 'What -- to thee and to peace ? turn round behind me .' And the watchman declareth , saying , 'The messenger came unto them , and he hath not returned .' ylt @2Kings:9:19 @And he sendeth a second rider on a horse , and he cometh in unto them , and saith , 'Thus said the king , Is there peace ?' and Jehu saith , 'What -- to thee and to peace ? turn round behind me .' ylt @2Kings:9:20 @And the watchman declareth , saying , 'He came unto them , and he hath not returned , and the driving [is ] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi , for with madness he driveth .' ylt @2Kings:9:21 @And Jehoram saith , 'Harness ;' and his chariot is harnessed , and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out , and Ahaziah king of Judah , each in his chariot , and they go out to meet Jehu , and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite . ylt @2Kings:9:22 @And it cometh to pass , at Jehoram 's seeing Jehu , that he saith , 'Is there peace , Jehu ?' and he saith , 'What [is ] the peace , while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother , and her witchcrafts , are many ?' ylt @2Kings:9:23 @And Jehoram turneth his hands , and fleeth , and saith unto Ahaziah , 'Deceit , O Ahaziah !' ylt @2Kings:9:24 @And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow , and smiteth Jehoram between his arms , and the arrow goeth out from his heart , and he boweth down in his chariot . ylt @2Kings:9:25 @And [Jehu ] saith unto Bidkar his captain , 'Lift up , cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite -- for , remember , I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father , and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden : ylt @2Kings:9:26 @Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- yea , I have recompensed to thee in this portion -- the affirmation of Jehovah ; -- and now , lift up , cast him into the portion , according to the word of Jehovah .' ylt @2Kings:9:27 @And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen , and fleeth the way of the garden-house , and Jehu pursueth after him , and saith , 'Smite him -- also him -- in the chariot ,' in the going up to Gur , that [is ] Ibleam , and he fleeth to Megiddo , and dieth there , ylt @2Kings:9:28 @and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem , and bury him in his burying-place , with his fathers , in the city of David . ylt @2Kings:9:29 @And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah .

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