o them but does not return; however, the driving is
like the driving of Jehu, for he drives very fast."

Then Joram said, "Get my chariot ready," and when it was ready he went
to meet Jehu and found him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. When
Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Do you come with peaceful purpose, Jehu?" Then
Joram turned to flee, but Jehu drew his bow and struck Joram between
the shoulders, so that the arrow went through his heart, and he fell
down in his chariot.

Then Jehu said to Bidkar, his charioteer, "Take him up and throw him
into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I well remember that, as
you and I rode together after Ahab, his father, Jehovah pronounced this
sentence upon him: 'Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and his
sons, and I will punish you on this same piece of land.' So throw him
into this piece of land, as Jehovah said."

Then Jehu arrived at Jezreel. As soon as Jezebel heard of it, she
painted her eyes, arranged her hair, and looked out of the window. As
Jehu came in at the gate, she said, "Is all well with you, you traitor,
you murderer of your master?" But he looked up to the window and cried,
"Who is on my side? who?" Two or three slaves looked down at him, and he
said, "Throw her down." And they threw her down and the horses trampled
on her. When Jehu had gone in and had had something to eat and drink, he
gave this command, "Look after this woman and bury her, for she is a
king's daughter." But when they went to bury her, they found no more of
her than the skull, the feet, and the hands. When they went back and
told Jehu, he said, "This is what Jehovah declared by his servant Elijah
when he said, 'On the piece of land at Jezreel the dogs shall eat
Jezebel's flesh, and her body shall be as refuse on the surface of the
field, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'"

THE BOY JOASH ON THE THRONE OF JUDAH

When Joram had ruled twelve years over Israel, Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram began to rule over Judah. And he went down to Jezreel to visit
Joram, who was ill. When Jehu struck down Joram, Ahaziah saw it and fled
toward Beth-gannim. But Jehu followed after him with the words, "Shoot
him down, too, in the chariot." So they shot him down on the way up to
Gur, near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.

When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, learned that her son was dead, she
rose and put to death all of Ahaziah's children except Joash, whom his
aunt, Jehosheba