26 ‘Surely (A)I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and (B)I will repay you in this [a]property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the [b]property, according to the word of the Lord.”

Jehu Assassinates Ahaziah

27 (C)When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, “[c]Shoot him too, in the chariot.” So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at (D)Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 (E)Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
  2. 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
  3. 2 Kings 9:27 Lit smite