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2 Kings 9:14-29
Legacy Standard Bible

Jehu Deceives Joram

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (A)Now Joram [a]with all Israel was [b]guarding Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, 15 but (B)King [c]Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had struck him with when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or [d]leave the city to go declare it in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. (C)Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the [e]company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a [f]company.” 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, “(D)What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman declared saying, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.” 19 Then he sent out a second horseman. And he came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu [g]answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” 20 And the watchman declared saying, “He came up to them, but he did not return; and (E)the driving is like the driving of (F)Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives in madness.”

21 Then [h]Joram said, “[i]Get ready.” And they made his chariot ready. [j](G)Joram 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 [k](H)property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 Now it happened that when [l]Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he [m]answered, “What peace, (I)so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?” 23 So [n]Joram [o]turned about and fled and said to Ahaziah, “(J)There is deception, O Ahaziah!” 24 And (K)Jehu [p]drew his bow with his full strength and struck [q]Joram between his arms; and the arrow went [r]through his heart and he crouched down in his chariot. 25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Lift him up and (L)cast him into the [s]property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when [t]you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that (M)Yahweh lifted up this (N)oracle against him: 26 ‘Surely (O)I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh, ‘and (P)I will repay you in this [u]property,’ says Yahweh. So now, lift him up and cast him into the [v]property, according to the word of Yahweh.”

Jehu Strikes Down Ahaziah

27 (Q)And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Strike him down too, in the chariot.” So they struck him down at the ascent of Gur, which is at (R)Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 (S)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 (T)the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:14 Lit he and
  2. 2 Kings 9:14 Lit keeping
  3. 2 Kings 9:15 Heb Jehoram
  4. 2 Kings 9:15 Lit go out from
  5. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit multitude
  6. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit multitude
  7. 2 Kings 9:19 Lit said
  8. 2 Kings 9:21 Heb Jehoram
  9. 2 Kings 9:21 Lit Yoke the chariot
  10. 2 Kings 9:21 Heb Jehoram
  11. 2 Kings 9:21 Lit portion
  12. 2 Kings 9:22 Heb Jehoram
  13. 2 Kings 9:22 Lit said
  14. 2 Kings 9:23 Heb Jehoram
  15. 2 Kings 9:23 Lit turned his hands
  16. 2 Kings 9:24 Lit filled his hand with the bow
  17. 2 Kings 9:24 Heb Jehoram
  18. 2 Kings 9:24 Lit out at
  19. 2 Kings 9:25 Lit portion
  20. 2 Kings 9:25 Lit I and you
  21. 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
  22. 2 Kings 9:26 Lit portion
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2 Kings 9:14-29
Common English Bible

Jehu kills his enemies

14 Then Jehu, Jehoshaphat’s son and Nimshi’s grandson, plotted against Joram. Now Joram along with all of Israel had been guarding Ramoth-gilead against Aram’s King Hazael, 15 but King Joram[a] had gone back to Jezreel to recover from wounds that the Arameans had given him when he fought Hazael. So Jehu said, “If this is the way you feel, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to talk about it in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu got on a chariot and drove to Jezreel because Joram was resting there. Judah’s King Ahaziah had also come to visit Joram.

17 The guard standing on the tower at Jezreel saw a crowd of people coming with Jehu. He said, “I see a crowd of people.”

Joram said, “Take a chariot driver. Send him out to meet them to ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

18 So the driver went to meet him and said, “The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Jehu replied, “What do you care about peace? Come around and follow me.”

Meanwhile, the tower guard reported, “The messenger met them, but he isn’t returning.”

19 The king sent a second driver. He came to them and said, “The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Jehu said, “What do you care about peace? Come around and follow me.”

20 The tower guard reported, “The messenger met them, but he isn’t returning. And the style of chariot driving is like Jehu, Nimshi’s son. Jehu drives like a madman.”

21 Joram said, “Hitch up the chariot!” So they hitched up his chariot. Then Israel’s King Joram and Judah’s King Ahaziah—each in his own chariot—went out to meet Jehu. They happened to meet him at the plot of ground that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite.

22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”

He said, “How can there be peace as long as the immoralities of your mother Jezebel and her many acts of sorcery continue?”

23 Then Joram turned his chariot around and fled. He shouted to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”

24 Jehu took his bow and shot Joram in the back. The arrow went through his heart, and he fell down in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar his chariot officer, “Pick him up, and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were driving chariot teams behind his father Ahab when the Lord spoke this prophecy about him: 26 Yesterday I saw Naboth’s blood and his sons’ blood, declares the Lord. I swear that I will pay you back on this very plot of ground, declares the Lord. Now pick him up, and throw him on that plot of ground, in agreement with the Lord’s word.”

27 Judah’s King Ahaziah saw this and fled on the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu chased after him. “Do the same to him!” he commanded. They shot him[b] in his chariot on the way up to Gur, near Ibleam. Ahaziah fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 His servants carried him back in a chariot to Jerusalem. He was buried in his tomb with his ancestors in David’s City. 29 Ahaziah had become Judah’s king in the eleventh year of Ahab’s son Joram.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:15 Heb Jehoram (also in 9:17, 21-24); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoram or short Joram form.
  2. 2 Kings 9:27 LXX, Vulg; MT lacks They shot him.
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