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The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now Jehu drew his bow with full strength and shot Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart, and he sank in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart, and he sank in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he crouched down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his shoulders; and the arrow went out through his heart and he sank down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jehu shot an arrow. It hit Joram between his shoulders, then it went through his heart and came out his chest. He fell over dead in his chariot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But Jehu took his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow came out of his chest, and he slumped over in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jehu drew his bow, and with all his strength shot an arrow that struck Joram in the back and pierced his heart. Joram fell dead in his chariot, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But Jehu drew his bow with all of his strength, shooting Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow pierced his heart, and he collapsed in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram's shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehu has filled his hand with a bow, and strikes Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goes out from his heart, and he bows down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehu filled his hand with a bow, and he will strike Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow will go forth from his heart, and he will bow down in his chariot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But Jehu bent Iris bow with his hand, and shot Joram between the shoulders: and the arrow went out through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But Jehu had drawn his bow and he shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow went through his heart and he collapsed in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehu drew his bow with all his strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart; and he sank in his chariot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Joram in his back, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yehu filled his hand with a bow and struck Yoram between his arms, and the arrow went out from his heart, and he slumped over in the chariot.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3159" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!” <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3058.htm" title="3058: wə·yê·hū (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The LORD is He, the name of several Isr. From Yhovah and huw'; Jehovah He; Jehu, the name of five Israelites.">Then Jehu</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·lê (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">drew</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: ḇaq·qe·šeṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">his bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yaḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">and shot</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3088.htm" title="3088: yə·hō·w·rām (N-proper-ms) -- From Yhovah and ruwm; Jehovah-raised; Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites.">Joram</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: zə·rō·‘āw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">the shoulders.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2678.htm" title="2678: ha·ḥê·ṣî (Art:: N-ms) -- Arrow. Or chetsiy; prolongation from chets; an arrow.">The arrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">pierced</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: mil·lib·bōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">his heart,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm" title="3766: way·yiḵ·ra‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate.">and he slumped down</a> <a href="/hebrew/7393.htm" title="7393: bə·riḵ·bōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- From rakab; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. The upper millstone.">in his chariot.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>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:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-34.htm">1 Kings 22:34-35</a></span><br />However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!” / The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/18-33.htm">2 Chronicles 18:33-34</a></span><br />However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!” / The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-3.htm">1 Samuel 31:3-4</a></span><br />When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically. / Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">2 Samuel 18:14</a></span><br />But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-17.htm">1 Kings 19:17</a></span><br />Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">2 Kings 8:28-29</a></span><br />Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. / So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-10.htm">2 Kings 10:10-11</a></span><br />Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.” / So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">2 Kings 10:17</a></span><br />When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a></span><br />When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-29.htm">2 Kings 23:29-30</a></span><br />During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo. / From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm">2 Chronicles 35:23-24</a></span><br />There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!” / So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/41-2.htm">Jeremiah 41:2</a></span><br />Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30</a></span><br />Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-49.htm">Matthew 27:49-50</a></span><br />But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.” / When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-34.htm">1 Kings 22:34</a></b></br> And a <i>certain</i> man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-23.htm">Job 20:23-25</a></b></br> <i>When</i> he is about to fill his belly, <i>God</i> shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain <i>it</i> upon him while he is eating… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Psalm 50:22</a></b></br> Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear <i>you</i> in pieces, and <i>there be</i> none to deliver.</p><p class="hdg">sunk [heb] bowed </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/4-37.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-9.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-37.htm">Boweth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-21.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-13.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-15.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-39.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Jehoram</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Jehu</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Joram</a> <a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">Sank</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-15.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-31.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-21.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-21.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-21.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">Sunk</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-37.htm">Wounding</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/10-2.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-15.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-21.htm">Boweth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Chariot</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-16.htm">Drew</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-21.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-18.htm">Jehoram</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">Jehu</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-29.htm">Joram</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-22.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Sank</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/job/38-6.htm">Sunk</a> <a href="/job/5-18.htm">Wounding</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-4.htm">The prophet having done his message, flees</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His actions were in direct fulfillment of divine prophecy. The act of drawing a bow signifies preparation and intent to carry out God's command. Bows were common weapons in ancient Israel, symbolizing strength and skill in battle.<p><b>and shot Joram between the shoulders.</b><br>Joram, the king of Israel and son of Ahab, was targeted by Jehu as part of God's judgment against Ahab's lineage. The phrase "between the shoulders" indicates a precise and lethal shot, demonstrating Jehu's capability as a warrior. This act fulfilled the prophecy given to Elijah regarding the downfall of Ahab's house (<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-24</a>).<p><b>The arrow pierced his heart,</b><br>The heart, often seen as the center of life and emotion, being pierced signifies the certainty of Joram's death. This moment underscores the finality of God's judgment. The heart's piercing also symbolizes the end of Joram's reign and the eradication of Ahab's influence over Israel.<p><b>and he slumped down in his chariot.</b><br>Joram's slumping in his chariot represents the sudden and complete nature of his demise. Chariots were symbols of royal power and military might, and his death in such a setting highlights the futility of earthly power against divine will. This scene echoes the fate of other kings who defied God, reinforcing the theme of divine justice throughout the scriptures.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a></b><br>Anointed by God through the prophet Elisha to become king of Israel, Jehu is tasked with executing judgment on the house of Ahab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joram.htm">Joram (Jehoram)</a></b><br>The king of Israel and son of Ahab and Jezebel, Joram is targeted by Jehu as part of God's judgment against Ahab's lineage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bow_and_arrow.htm">The Bow and Arrow</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's judgment and Jehu's role as an instrument of divine justice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_chariot.htm">The Chariot</a></b><br>Represents the royal status and power of Joram, which is ultimately futile against God's will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/ramoth-gilead.htm">Ramoth-gilead</a></b><br>The location where Jehu's rebellion against Joram begins, a place of strategic and prophetic significance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_human_instruments.htm">Divine Justice and Human Instruments</a></b><br>God often uses individuals to carry out His justice. Jehu's actions, though violent, were a fulfillment of God's prophetic word against Ahab's house.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a></b><br>The fulfillment of prophecy in Jehu's actions underscores the reliability and certainty of God's word. Believers can trust that God's promises and warnings will come to pass.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Joram's death is a stark reminder of the consequences of sin and rebellion against God. It serves as a warning to live in obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The events in <a href="/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24</a> highlight God's control over the rise and fall of leaders and nations, encouraging believers to trust in His sovereign plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jehu's_judgment_fit_divine_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the harsh judgment carried out by Jehu in 2 Kings 9 with biblical themes of mercy and divine justice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_jehu's_overthrow_of_joram.htm">Is there archaeological evidence supporting Jehu's violent overthrow of Joram and the circumstances of Jezebel's death (2 Kings 9:21-37)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jehoiachin's_reign_duration.htm">How long did Jehoiachin reign? (2 Kings 24:8 vs. 2 Chronicles 36:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_9_25_and_1_kgs_4_26_differ.htm">Why do the numbers listed in 2 Chronicles 9:25 about Solomon's horses and chariots differ from related passages like 1 Kings 4:26?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">And Jehu drew . . . strength.</span>--See margin, which, however, is not quite accurate. Rather it should be, <span class= "ital">And Jehu had filled his hand</span> (with an arrow) <span class= "ital">on the bow</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, had meanwhile put an arrow on his bow ready to shoot. Keil explains, "filled his hand with the bow," <span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, seized the bow. The phrase "to fill a bow" means to <span class= "ital">stretch</span> it, both in Hebrew (<a href="/zechariah/9-13.htm" title="When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the sword of a mighty man.">Zechariah 9:13</a>) and in Syriac (<a href="/psalms/11-2.htm" title="For, see, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart.">Psalm 11:2</a>). In <a href="/psalms/64-4.htm" title="That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.">Psalm 64:4</a>. Symmachus renders the Hebrew, "they have aimed their arrow," by the Greek, <span class= "greekheb">????????? ?? ?????</span>, "they have filled the bow."<p><span class= "bld">Between his arms</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, between the shoulders, as he was flying; Vulg., "inter scapulas."<p><span class= "bld">The arrow went out at his heart.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">came out from his heart.</span> It struck him obliquely between the shoulders, and went right through the heart. (The word for "arrow" is <span class= "ital">h?ci</span>, an ancient form, occurring thrice in <a href="/context/1_samuel/20-36.htm" title="And he said to his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.">1Samuel 20:36-38</a>.) Ewald, on this account, refers both passages to the oldest narrator of the history of the kings.<p><span class= "bld">Sunk down.</span>--See margin (<a href="/isaiah/46-1.htm" title="Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; they are a burden to the weary beast.">Isaiah 46:1</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength.</span> This meaning is scarcely contained in the Hebrew, which merely says that Jehu "filled his hand with his bow," that is to say, took his bow into his hands for the purpose of using it. <span class="cmt_word">And smote Jehoram between his arms</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> directed an arrow against Jehoram with so true an aim, that it struck him in the middle of the back between his shoulders. <span class="cmt_word">And the arrow went out at his heart.</span> This was quite possible, for the heart lies towards the center of the chest, not wholly on the left side. It is not necessary to suppose an oblique wound. <span class="cmt_word">And he sank down in his chariot.</span> Jehoram fell into the "well," or body, of the chariot, and there lay, the chariot being brought to a stand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Jehu</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֵה֞וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3058.htm">Strong's 3058: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jehu -- 'the LORD is He', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drew</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלֵּ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his bow</span><br /><span class="heb">בַקֶּ֗שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaq·qe·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bow, for, shooting, the iris</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and shot</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Joram</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹרָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·w·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3088.htm">Strong's 3088: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jehoram -- 'the LORD is exalted', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the shoulders.</span><br /><span class="heb">זְרֹעָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(zə·rō·‘āw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> </span><span class="str2">The arm, the foreleg, force</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The arrow</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֵ֖צִי</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥê·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2678.htm">Strong's 2678: </a> </span><span class="str2">An arrow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pierced</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּצֵ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his heart,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלִּבּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lib·bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he slumped down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּכְרַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḵ·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3766.htm">Strong's 3766: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his chariot.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִכְבּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·riḵ·bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7393.htm">Strong's 7393: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-24.htm">2 Kings 9:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/9-24.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:24 Jehu drew his bow with his full (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 9:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>