20 Then the watchman gave a report, saying: 'He went all the way to them, but he did not return. But their advance is like the advance of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. For he advances precipitously.'
21 And Joram said, 'Yoke the chariot.' And they yoked his chariot. And Joram, the king of Israel, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, departed, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu. And they met him in the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite.
22 And when Joram had seen Jehu, he said, 'Is there peace, Jehu?' And he responded: 'What is peace? For still the fornications of your mother, Jezebel, and her many poisons, are thriving.'
23 Then Joram turned his hand, and, fleeing, he said to Ahaziah, 'Treachery, Ahaziah!'
24 But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and he struck Joram between the shoulders. And the arrow went through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot.
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