2 Kings 9:23

23 Joram wheeled his chariot around and fled, yelling to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, 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 Joram ordered, "Get my chariot ready!" They hitched up his chariot. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his own chariot, drove out to meet Jehu. They met in the field of Naboth of Jezreel.

22 hen Joram saw Jehu he called out, "Good day, Jehu!" Jehu answered, "What's good about it? How can there be anything good about it as long as the promiscuous whoring and sorceries of your mother Jezebel pollute the country?"

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

24 Jehu pulled on his bow and released an arrow; it hit Joram between the shoulder blades and went right through his heart. He slumped to his knees in his chariot.

25 Jehu ordered Bidkar, his lieutenant, "Quick - throw him into the field of Naboth of Jezreel. Remember when you and I were driving our chariots behind Ahab his father? That's when God pronounced this doom upon him: