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2 Kings 9:25-37
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 9:25-37
New American Standard Bible
25 And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and (A)throw him on the [a]property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when [b]you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, that the (B)Lord brought this (C)pronouncement against him: 26 ‘(D)I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ declares the Lord, ‘and (E)I will repay you on this [c]property,’ declares the Lord. Now then, pick him up and throw him on the [d]property, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
Jehu Assassinates Ahaziah
27 (F)When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by way of the garden house. But Jehu pursued him and said, “[e]Shoot him too, in the chariot.” So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at (G)Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 (H)Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.
29 Now in (I)the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.
30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, and (J)she put makeup on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked down through the window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “(K)Is your intention peace, Zimri, his master’s murderer?” 32 Then he raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is with me, who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.
Jezebel Is Killed
33 Then he said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her underfoot. 34 When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to (L)this cursed woman and bury her, for (M)she is a king’s daughter.” 35 So they went to bury her, but they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Therefore they returned and informed him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘(N)On the [f]property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; 37 and (O)the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the field in the [g]property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”
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- 2 Kings 9:25 Lit portion
- 2 Kings 9:25 Lit I and you
- 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
- 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
- 2 Kings 9:27 Lit strike
- 2 Kings 9:36 Lit portion
- 2 Kings 9:37 Lit portion
2 Kings 9:25-37
New International Version
2 Kings 9:25-37
New International Version
25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the Lord spoke this prophecy(A) against him: 26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth(B) and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’[a] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”(C)
27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[b] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam,(D) but he escaped to Megiddo(E) and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot(F) to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. 29 (In the eleventh(G) year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)
Jezebel Killed
30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup,(H) arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri,(I) you murderer of your master?”[c]
32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.(J)
34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”(K) 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands. 36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs(L) will devour Jezebel’s flesh.[d](M) 37 Jezebel’s body will be like dung(N) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 9:26 See 1 Kings 21:19.
- 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house
- 2 Kings 9:31 Or “Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”
- 2 Kings 9:36 See 1 Kings 21:23.
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