2 Kings 9:14–24

¹⁴So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. ^u(Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of ^xHazael king of Syria. ¹⁵But ^yking ^†Joram was 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 it be your minds, then ^†let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in ^oJezreel. ¹⁶So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. ^yAnd Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. ¹⁷And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? ¹⁸So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. ¹⁹Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. ²⁰And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the ^||driving is ^zlike the driving of Jehu ^athe son of Nimshi; for he driveth ^†furiously. ²¹And Joram said, ^†Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And ^bJoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and ^†met him ^cin the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 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 ^dwhoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her ^dwitchcrafts 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.