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King Ahaziah is Also Killed(A)

27 As soon as King Ahaziah of Judah observed this, he attempted to flee by the garden house road, but Jehu pursued him. At the ascent toward Gur which is near Ibleam, he ordered, “Shoot him in the chariot, too!”

Ahaziah fled to Megiddo, where he died. 28 Ahaziah’s servants transported the king’s body[a] by chariot to Jerusalem and buried it in his own sepulcher near his ancestors in the City of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:28 Lit. transported him

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:27 Or fled by way of the garden house