2 Kings 9:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

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  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am wounded.
  • Job 20:23-25 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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  • 2 Kgs 9:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

    14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

    15But king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this is your decision, then let no one go forth nor escape out of the city to tell it in Jezreel.

    16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

    17And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  • 1 Kgs 22:34-35
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    78%

    34And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am wounded.

    35And the battle increased that day: and the king was propped up in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died at evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 9:25-28
    4 verses
    78%

    25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD uttered this oracle against him;

    26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says the LORD; and I will pay you back in this plot, says the LORD. Now, therefore, take and throw him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

    27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

    28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.

  • 2 Kgs 9:19-23
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    77%

    19Then he sent another on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me.

    20And the watchman reported, saying, He reached them and has not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

    21And Joram said, Prepare. And his chariot was prepared. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the plot of land of Naboth the Jezreelite.

    22And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

    23And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, O Ahaziah!

  • 2 Chr 18:33
    77%

    33And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to his chariot driver, Turn your hand, that you may carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.

  • 2 Chr 22:5-9
    5 verses
    74%

    5He also followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

    6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds that were given to him at Ramah when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel because he was sick.

    7And the destruction of Ahaziah was ordained by God through visiting Joram, for when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

    8And it happened that when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab and found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers who ministered to Ahaziah, he killed them.

    9And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (for he was hidden in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu, and when they had killed him, they buried him, for they said, 'He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.' So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.

  • 2 Kgs 10:24-25
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    73%

    24And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

    25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come out. And they struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 10:11
    72%

    11So Jehu killed all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolk, and his priests, until he left none remaining.

  • 2 Kgs 10:17
    72%

    17And when he came to Samaria, he killed all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.

  • 2 Kgs 8:28-29
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    72%

    28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

    29And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

  • 2 Chr 35:23
    71%

    23And the archers shot at king Josiah, and the king said to his servants, 'Take me away, for I am severely wounded.'

  • 2 Kgs 13:15-18
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    71%

    15Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." And he took a bow and arrows.

    16He said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." And he put his hand upon it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

    17He said, "Open the window eastward." And he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot." And he shot. He said, "The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek, until you have destroyed them."

    18He said, "Take the arrows." And he took them. He said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground." And he struck three times and stopped.

  • 2 Kgs 9:2
    71%

    2And when you arrive there, look for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him rise from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber;

  • 1 Kgs 19:17
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    17And it shall come to pass, that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall slay; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall slay.

  • 2 Kgs 10:34-35
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    70%

    34Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

    35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 21:4
    70%

    4When Jehoram had ascended to his father's kingdom, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17
    70%

    17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because he had no son.

  • 2 Chr 21:9
    70%

    9Then Jehoram went out with his leaders and all his chariots with him; he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots.

  • 2 Kgs 9:5
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    5And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To you, O captain.

  • 2 Kgs 8:24
    69%

    24And Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Chr 21:18
    68%

    18After all this, the LORD struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

  • 2 Kgs 10:2
    68%

    2As soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;

  • 2 Kgs 10:30-31
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    68%

    30And the LORD said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

    31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 9:7
    68%

    7And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

  • 2 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we go down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.

  • 2 Kgs 9:11
    67%

    11Then Jehu went out to the servants of his master: and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and his message.