16. Then he got into his chariot and set out for Jezreel. Joram was resting there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
17. The lookout was standing on the watchtower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu’s troops coming. He said, “I see some soldiers!”Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them. Tell him to ask, ‘Do you bring good news?’”
18. So the horseman rode out to meet Jehu. The horseman said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you bring good news?’”Jehu said, “That’s none of your business! Come along behind me.”The lookout reported, “The messenger reached them. But he is not coming back.”
19. So Joram sent out a second horseman. This rider came to Jehu’s group and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Do you bring good news?’”Jehu answered, “That’s none of your business! Come along behind me.”
20. The lookout reported, “The second man reached them. But he is not coming back. The man in the chariot is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi. He drives as if he were crazy!”
21. Joram said, “Get my chariot ready.” Then the servant got Joram’s chariot ready. Joram and Ahaziah king of Judah went out. Each king went in his own chariot to meet Jehu. And they met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Do you bring good news, Jehu?”Jehu answered, “There will never be any good news as long as your mother Jezebel worships idols and uses witchcraft.”
23. Joram turned the horses to run away. He yelled to Ahaziah, “It’s a trick, Ahaziah!”
24. Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between his shoulders. The arrow went through Joram’s heart. And he fell down in his chariot.
25. Jehu ordered Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick up Joram’s body. Throw it into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember when you and I rode together with Joram’s father Ahab. The Lord made this prophecy against him:
26. ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons, says the Lord. So I will punish Ahab in his field, says the Lord.’ So take Joram’s body and throw it into the field, as the Lord has said.”
27. When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he ran away toward Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, saying, “Shoot Ahaziah, too!” Ahaziah was wounded in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam. Ahaziah got as far as Megiddo but died there.