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2 Kings 9:21-36 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

21. And Jehoram saith, `Harness;' and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

22. And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, `What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'

23. And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!'

24. And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.

25. And [Jehu] saith unto Bidkar his captain, `Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite--for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden:

26. Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight--the affirmation of Jehovah--yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion--the affirmation of Jehovah; --and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.'

27. And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, `Smite him--also him--in the chariot,' in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,

28. and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bury him in his buryingplace, with his fathers, in the city of David.

29. And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah.

30. And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

31. And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace [to] Zimri--slayer of his lord?'

32. And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, `Who [is] with me? --who?' and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs;

33. And he saith, `Let her go;' and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down.

34. And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, `Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she [is] a king's daughter.'

35. And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

36. And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, `The word of Jehovah it [is], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,

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