Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 9:23
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Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
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And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, [There is] treachery, O Ahaziah.
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Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!”
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And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
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2 Kings 9
21 “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
23 Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
25 And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
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