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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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When Jehu came to Jezreel ,
Jez '
ebel heard of it ;
and she painted her eyes ,
and adorned her head ,
and looked out of the window .
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And as Jehu entered the gate ,
she said , "
Is it peace ,
you Zimri ,
murderer of your master ?"
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And he lifted up his face to the window ,
and said , "
Who is on my side ?
Who ?"
Two or three eunuchs looked out at him .
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He said , "
Throw her down ."
So they threw her down ;
and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses ,
and they trampled on her .
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Then he went in and ate and drank ;
and he said , "
See now to this cursed woman ,
and bury her ;
for she is a king '
s daughter ."