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2 Kings 9:24 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 24
And 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.2 Kings 9:24 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:24 in context
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 whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts 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.
25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthyâda handH3027 →
- JehoramYᵉhôwrâmJehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three IsraelitesH3088 →
- chariotrekeba vehicleH7393 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- arrowchitstsîyan arrowH2678 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was more than one day's march; about the mid-way between them the river Jordan must be crossed. We may suppose Jehu to have marched with all possible expedition, and to have taken the utmost precaution to prevent the tidings from getting to Jezreel before him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-29