2 Kings 9:20

Overview - 2 Kings 9
Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead.
The prophet having done his message, flees.
11 Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth.
27 Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem.
30 Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.
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2 Kings 9:20  (King James Version)
And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
 


driving
or, marching.
Habakkuk 1:6 ; 3:12

for he driveth
10:16 Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Isaiah 54:16 ; Daniel 11:44

furiously
Hebrew in madness.