2 Kings 9:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.”
2 Kings 9:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 9:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 9:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.”
2 Kings 9:16 — World English Bible
2 Kings 9:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. ”
2 Kings 9:16 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 9:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram.”
2 Kings 9:16 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 9:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jizreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.”
2 Kings 9:16 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 9:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So Iehu gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreel: for Ioram lay there, and Ahaziah King of Iudah was come downe to see Ioram.”
2 Kings 9:16 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 9:16 in Context — 2 Kings 9
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth–gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
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