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.
28. His servants carried his body in a chariot to Jerusalem. They buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in Jerusalem.
29. (Ahaziah had become king over Judah in Joram’s eleventh year as king. Joram was the son of Ahab.)
30. When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it. She put paint on her eyes and fixed her hair. Then she looked out the window.