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27 When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, “Shoot him, too!” So they shot Ahaziah[a] in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem, where they buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. 29 Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab.

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  1. 9:27 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew lacks So they shot Ahaziah.

27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[a] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam,(A) but he escaped to Megiddo(B) and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot(C) to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. 29 (In the eleventh(D) year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)

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  1. 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house