2 Kings 9:23
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New International Version (©2011)
Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, "Treachery, Ahaziah!"

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then King Joram turned the horses around and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, "Treason, Ahaziah!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Joram turned around and fled, shouting to Ahaziah, "It's treachery, Ahaziah!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
Joram reined his horse around to flee and cried out to Ahaziah, "Ahaziah! Treachery!"

NET Bible (©2006)
Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
As Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee, he said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

American King James Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

American Standard Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joram turned his hand, and fleeing, said to Ochozias: There is treachery, Ochozias.

Darby Bible Translation
Then Joram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah!

English Revised Version
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

World English Bible
Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "There is treason, Ahaziah!"

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, 'Deceit, O Ahaziah!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:16-29 Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is seen in the choice of those employed in his work. But it is not for any man's reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his own spirit, is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth. The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by Divine Providence to make the punishment answer to the sin, as face answers to face in a glass. The way of sin can never be the way of peace, Isa 57:21. What peace can sinners have with God? No peace so long as sin is persisted in; but when it is repented of and forsaken, there is peace. Joram died as a criminal, under the sentence of the law. Ahaziah was joined with the house of Ahab. He was one of them; he had made himself so by sin. It is dangerous to join evil-doers; we shall be entangled in guilt and misery by it.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 23-26. - Murder of Jehoram by Jehu. Verse 23. - And Joram tamed his hands, and fled. Joram made his charioteer turn the chariot suddenly round, and fled by the way by which he had come. "Turning the hands" is turning the chariot round by means of the hands; and Joram is said to have done that which he caused to be done. And said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. Mirmah is "deceit" or "fraud" of any kind, and here is not ill rendered by "treachery." Jehu's conduct was not justified by the mission given him (vers. 6-10), which certainly did not authorize him to commit a treacherous murder.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joram turned his hand, and fled,.... Taking hold of the horses' reins with it to turn them, or by the motion of it directing the charioteer to turn them back towards Jezreel, whither he fled:

and said to Ahaziah, there is treachery, O Ahaziah; a conspiracy formed, and rebellion raised by the captains, at the head of which he supposed Jehu was.

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Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah
…22And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 23And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 24And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. …

Leviticus 26:40 "'But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors--their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,
2 Kings 11:14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, "Treason! Treason!"