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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. ^(C1)Now Joram ^(F1)with all Israel was ^(F2)defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

but ^(C1)King ^(F1)Joram had returned to Jezreel to have himself healed of the wounds which the Arameans had ^(F2)inflicted on him when he fought Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said to the other men, "If this is your ^(F3)intent, then let no ^(F4)one escape from the city to go tell about it in Jezreel."

Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, since Joram was lying there recovering. ^(C1)And Ahaziah the king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the ^(F1)company of Jehu as he came, and he said, "I see a ^(F1)company." And ^(F2)Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and have him ^(F3)ask, 'Is your intention peace?'"

So a horseman went to meet him and said, "This is what the king says: 'Is your intention peace?'" But Jehu said, "^(F1)(C1)How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me." And the watchman ^(F2)reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return."

Then he sent a second horseman, and he came to them and said, "This is what the king says: 'Is your intention peace?'" And Jehu ^(F1)answered, "^(F2)How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me."

And the watchman ^(F1)reported, "He came up to them, but he did not return; and ^(C1)the ^(F2)driving is like the driving of ^(C2)Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously."

Then ^(F1)Joram said, "^(F2)Get ready." And they ^(F3)made his chariot ready. ^(C1)Then ^(F1)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 on the ^(F4)(C2)property of Naboth the Jezreelite.

When ^(F1)Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is your intention peace, Jehu?" And he ^(F2)answered, "What 'peace,' ^(C1)so long as your mother Jezebel's acts of prostitution and witchcraft are so many?"

So ^(F1)Joram ^(F2)turned back and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, "^(C1)There is treachery, Ahaziah!"

Then ^(C1)Jehu ^(F1)drew his bow with his full strength and ^(F2)shot ^(F3)Joram between his arms; and the arrow went ^(F4)through his heart, and he sank in his chariot.

And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Pick him up and ^(C1)throw him on the ^(F1)property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when ^(F2)you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, that the ^(C2)LORD brought this ^(C3)pronouncement against him:

'^(C1)I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' declares the LORD, 'and ^(C2)I will repay you on this ^(F1)property,' declares the LORD. Now then, pick him up and throw him on the ^(F1)property, in accordance with the word of the LORD."

^(C1)When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by way of the garden house. But Jehu pursued him and said, "^(F1)Shoot him too, in the chariot." So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at ^(C2)Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.

^(C1)Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David.

Now in ^(C1)the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.