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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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And Jehoram turned about ,
and fled ,
and said to Achazyahu ,
Treachery ,
Achazyahu .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem ,
and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David .
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And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab became Achazyah king over Judah .