26 ‘Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, (A)‘and I will repay you [a]in this plot,’ says the Lord. Now therefore, take and throw him on the plot of ground, according to the word of the Lord.”

Ahaziah of Judah Killed(B)

27 But when Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the road to [b]Beth Haggan. So Jehu pursued him, and said, [c]“Shoot him also in the chariot.” And they shot him at the Ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. Then he fled to (C)Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in the chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:26 on this property
  2. 2 Kings 9:27 Lit. The Garden House
  3. 2 Kings 9:27 Lit. Strike

26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth(A) and the blood of his sons, declares the Lord, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the Lord.’[a] Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”(B)

27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[b] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam,(C) but he escaped to Megiddo(D) and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot(E) to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:26 See 1 Kings 21:19.
  2. 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house