2Kings:9:14-29
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Thus Jehu the son of Jehosh '
aphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram . (
Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Haz '
ael king of Syria ;
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but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him ,
when he fought with Haz '
ael king of Syria .)
So Jehu said , "
If this is your mind ,
then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel ."
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Then Jehu mounted his chariot ,
and went to Jezreel ,
for Joram lay there .
And Ahazi '
ah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram .
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Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel ,
and he spied the company of Jehu as he came ,
and said , "
I see a company ."
And Joram said , "
Take a horseman ,
and send to meet them ,
and let him say , `
Is it peace ?'"
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So a man on horseback went to meet him ,
and said , "
Thus says the king , `
Is it peace ?'"
And Jehu said , "
What have you to do with peace ?
Turn round and ride behind me ."
And the watchman reported ,
saying , "
The messenger reached them ,
but he is not coming back ."
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Then he sent out a second horseman ,
who came to them ,
and said , "
Thus the king has said , `
Is it peace ?'"
And Jehu answered , "
What have you to do with peace ?
Turn round and ride behind me ."
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Again the watchman reported , "
He reached them ,
but he is not coming back .
And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ;
for he drives furiously ."
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Joram said , "
Make ready ."
And they made ready his chariot .
Then Joram king of Israel and Ahazi '
ah king of Judah set out ,
each in his chariot ,
and went to meet Jehu ,
and met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite .
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And when Joram saw Jehu ,
he said , "
Is it peace ,
Jehu ?"
He answered , "
What peace can there be ,
so long as the harlotries and the sorceries of your mother Jez '
ebel are so many ?"
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Then Joram reined about and fled ,
saying to Ahazi '
ah , "
Treachery ,
O Ahazi '
ah !"
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And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength ,
and shot Joram between the shoulders ,
so that the arrow pierced his heart ,
and he sank in his chariot .
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Jehu said to Bidkar his aide , "
Take him up ,
and cast him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite ;
for remember ,
when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father ,
how the LORD uttered this oracle against him :
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As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons--says the LORD--I will requite you on this plot of ground .'
Now therefore take him up and cast him on the plot of ground ,
in accordance with the word of the LORD ."
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When Ahazi '
ah the king of Judah saw this ,
he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan .
And Jehu pursued him ,
and said , "
Shoot him also ";
and they shot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur ,
which is by Ibleam .
And he fled to Megid '
do ,
and died there .
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His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem ,
and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David .
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In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab ,
Ahazi '
ah began to reign over Judah .
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