2 Kings 9:21-37 ▼

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).)

30 Now when Jehu (YHWH is He) arrived in Jezreel (God sows), Jezebel (Baal exalts) heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

31 And as Jehu (YHWH is He) entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri (my music), murderer of your master?”

32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

33 “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.

34 Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”

35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

36 So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD {YHWH}, which He spoke through His servant Elijah (my God is YHWH) the Tishbite (captivity): ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel (God sows) the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel (Baal exalts).

37 And Jezebel’s (Baal exalts) body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel (God sows), so that no one can say: This is Jezebel <1Ki 21:23>.’