2 Kings 9:24

24 Then Jehu {drew his bow} and shot Joram between his shoulders so that the arrow went out from his heart, and he slumped down 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 When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, "[Is it] peace?" And he said, "What peace [is there] while the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are numerous?"

23 Joram turned his {chariot} and fled and said to Ahaziah, "It's treason, Ahaziah!"

24 Then Jehu {drew his bow} and shot Joram between his shoulders so that the arrow went out from his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

25 He said to Bidkar his third [servant], "Lift [him] out and throw him on the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for remember, you and I [were] with the pair [of chariots] behind Ahab his father when Yahweh pronounced this oracle against him:

26 '"Since I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his children yesterday," declares Yahweh, "I will requite it for you in this tract of land," declares Yahweh.' So then lift him out and throw him on the tract of land according to the word of Yahweh."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "filled his hand with the bow"