2 Kings, Chapter 9, verses 14-24: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

2 Kings, Chapter 9, verses 14-24

¹⁴ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram^d Lit he andwith all Israel was^e Lit keepingdefending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, ¹⁵ but King^f Heb JehoramJoram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had^g Lit struckinflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or^h Lit go out fromleave the city to go tell it in Jezreel.” ¹⁶ Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.	14 Ki1 22:3 Ki2 8:28 15 Ki2 8:29 16 Ki2 8:29
¹⁷ Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw theⁱ Lit multitudecompany of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a^j Lit multitudecompany.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’” ¹⁸ So a horseman went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman^k Lit told, sayingreported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.” ¹⁹ Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu^l Lit saidanswered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” ²⁰ The watchman^m Lit told, sayingreported, “He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”	18 Ki2 9:19 Ki2 9:22 20 Sa2 18:27 Ki1 19:17
²¹ Thenⁿ Heb JehoramJoram said, “^o Lit Yoke the chariotGet ready.” And they made his chariot ready.^p Heb JehoramJoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the^q Lit portionproperty of Naboth the Jezreelite. ²² When^r Heb JehoramJoram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he^s Lit saidanswered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?” ²³ So^t Heb JehoramJoram^u Lit turned his handsreined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, “There is treachery, O Ahaziah!” ²⁴ And Jehu^v Lit filled his hand with the bowdrew his bow with his full strength and^w Lit smoteshot^x Heb JehoramJoram between his arms; and the arrow went^y Lit out atthrough his heart and he sank in his chariot.	21 Ch2 22:7 Ki1 21:1-7 Ki1 21:15-19 Ki2 9:26 22 Ki1 16:30-33 Ki1 18:19 Ch2 21:13 23 Ki2 11:14 24 Ki1 22:34


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