2 Kings 9:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 9:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 9:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 9:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
2 Kings 9:24 — World English Bible
2 Kings 9:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Kings 9:24 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 9:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
2 Kings 9:24 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 9:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jehu took his bow in his hand, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out through his heart; and he sank down in his chariot. ”
2 Kings 9:24 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 9:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went through his heart: and he fell downe in his charet.”
2 Kings 9:24 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 9:24 in Context — 2 Kings 9
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
24 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.
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
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What Does 2 Kings 9:24 Mean?
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