2 Kings 9:24

24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:24

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength
To give the arrow all the force he could;

and smote Jehoram between his arms;
that is, between his shoulders, his back being turned to him, and the chariot an open one:

and the arrow went out at his heart:
quite through him:

and he sunk down in his chariot;
and died immediately.

2 Kings 9:24 In-Context

22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu? ” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many? ”

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

24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot.

25 Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the Lord made this pronouncement against him:

26 ‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—declares the Lord—I will repay you on this plot of ground. ’ Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord. ”