2 Kings 10:9 References
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Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent; behold, aI conspired against my master and killed him, but bwho killed all these?
a 2 Kings 9:14-24
2 Kings 9
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So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. aNow Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
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but aKing Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel."
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Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. aAhaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
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Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'"
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So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu said, "aWhat have you to do with peace? Turn behind me." And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return."
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Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me."
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The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and athe driving is like the driving of bJehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously."
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Then Joram said, "Get ready." And they made his chariot ready. aJoram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the bproperty of Naboth the Jezreelite.