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21 “Harness!” Joram (YHWH is exalted) shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel (he wrestles with God) and Ahaziah (YHWH holds) king of Judah (praised) set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu (YHWH is He) on the property of Naboth (fruits) the Jezreelite. 22 When Joram (YHWH is exalted) saw Jehu (YHWH is He), he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry \adultery/ and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound (Baal exalts)?” 23 Joram (YHWH is exalted) turned around \turned his hands/ and fled, calling out to Ahaziah (YHWH holds), “Treachery, Ahaziah!” 24 Then Jehu (YHWH is He) drew his bow and shot Joram (YHWH is exalted) between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot. 25 And Jehu said to Bidkar (with a stab) his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth (fruits) the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab (father's brother), the LORD {YHWH} lifted up this burden (burden) against him: 26 ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth (fruits) and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD {YHWH}, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.” 27 When King Ahaziah (YHWH holds) of Judah (praised) saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu (YHWH is He) pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam (devouring the people), and he fled to Megiddo (place of crowds) and died there. 28 Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem (city of peace) and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David (beloved). 29 (In the eleventh year of Joram (YHWH is exalted) son of Ahab (father's brother), Ahaziah (YHWH holds) had become king over Judah (praised).) 2 Kings 9:21-29, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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