2 Kings 9:23

23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

2 Kings 9:23 in Other Translations

23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

23 Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, "Treachery, O Ahaziah!"

23 Then King Joram turned the horses around and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”

23 Joram wheeled his chariot around and fled, yelling to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

23 As Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee, he said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!"

23 Joram turned around and fled, shouting to Ahaziah, "It's treachery, Ahaziah!"

23 Joram turned around and tried to get away. He called out to Ahaziah. He said, "It's treason, Ahaziah!"

2 Kings 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:23

And Joram turned his hand, and fled
Taking hold of the horses' reins with it to turn them, or by the motion of it directing the charioteer to turn them back towards Jezreel, whither he fled:

and said to Ahaziah, there is treachery, O Ahaziah;
a conspiracy formed, and rebellion raised by the captains, at the head of which he supposed Jehu was.

2 Kings 9:23 In-Context

21 “Hitch up my chariot,” Joram ordered. And when it was hitched up, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah rode out, each in his own chariot, to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite.

22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot.

25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the LORD spoke this prophecy against him:

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 11:14