2 Kings 9 · Verse 27

2 Kings 9:27

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kings 9:27, King James Version

2 Kings 9:27 in other translations

BSBWhen King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
WEBBut when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
ASVBut when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
YLTAnd Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, ‘Smite him--also him--in the chariot,' in the going up to Gur, that is Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,
DARBYWhen Ahaziah king of Judah saw that, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in his chariot. It was on the ascent of Gur, which is by Jibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
BBENow when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.
WebsterBut when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

What does 2 Kings 9:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. Ahaziah--was grandnephew to King Joram, and great-grandson to King Ahab. Ibleam--near Megiddo, in the tribe of Issachar (Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27); and Gur was an adjoining hill.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Fled by the way of the garden - The account of the death of Ahaziah, as given in 2Chr 22:8, 2Chr 22:9, is very different from that given here: When Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab - he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu; and when they had slain him, they buried him. "The current of the story at large is this," says Dr. Lightfoot: "Jehu slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were together; Ahaziah, seeing this, flees, and gets into Samaria, and hides himself there. Jehu marcheth to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel dogs' meat: from thence he sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab's children and posterity: which are brought him by night, and showed to the people in the morning. Then he marcheth to Samaria, and by the way slayeth forty-two of Ahab's kinsmen; and findeth Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu, and he commands to carry him up towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there to slay him. It may be, his father Joram had slain his brethren there, as Ahab had done Naboth, in Jezreel. They do so; smite him there in his chariot; and his charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies. The story in the book of Kings is short: but the book of Chronicles shows the order." Lightfoot's Works, vol. i., p. 88.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 9:16-29

Jehu was a man of eager spirit. The wisdom of God is seen in the choice of those employed in his work. But it is not for any man's reputation to be known by his fury. He that has rule over his own spirit, is better than the mighty. Joram met Jehu in the portion of Naboth. The circumstances of events are sometimes ordered by Divine Providence to make the punishment answer to the sin, as face answers to face in a…

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2 Kings 9:27 in the original Hebrew

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וַאֲחַזְיָ֤הva.'a.chaz.Yahand AhaziahH274
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
רָאָ֔הra.'Ahhe sawH7200
וַיָּ֕נָסvai.Ya.nosand he fledH5127
דֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekh[the] directionH1870
בֵּ֣יתbeitBethH1004
הַגָּ֑ןha.GanHagganH1588
וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ףvai.yir.Dofand he pursuedH7291
אַחֲרָ֜יו'a.cha.Ravafter himH310
יֵה֗וּאye.Hu'JehuH3058
וַ֠יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merand he saidH559
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֹת֞וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
הַכֻּ֣הוּha.Ku.hustrike down himH5221
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗הha.mer.ka.Vahthe chariotH4818
בְּמַֽעֲלֵה\־be.ma.'a.leh-at [the] ascent ofH4608
גוּר֙gurGurH1483
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֶֽת\־'et-[is] withH854
יִבְלְעָ֔םyiv.le.'AmIbleamH2991
וַיָּ֥נָסvai.Ya.nosand he fledH5127
מְגִדּ֖וֹme.gi.DoMegiddoH4023
וַיָּ֥מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
שָֽׁם\׃ShamthereH8033

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 9:27

  • Judges 1:27

    Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

  • Joshua 17:11

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

  • 2 Kings 23:29-30

    In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

  • Judges 5:19

    The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

  • Numbers 16:26

    And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:7-9

    And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • 1 Kings 4:12

    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

  • 1 Kings 21:2

    And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

  • 2 Kings 8:29

    And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ahaziah.
8:29; Nu 16:26; 2Ch 22:7-9; Pr 13:20; 2Co 6:17
garden house.
1Ki 21:2
Ibleam.
Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27
Megiddo."In the kingdom of Samaria."
23:29,30; Jud 1:27; 5:19; 1Ki 4:12; 2Ch 22:9

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Context

  • 2 Kings 9:26

    Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 9:27

    But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

  • 2 Kings 9:28

    And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

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2 Kings 9:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y viendo esto Ochôzías rey de Judá, huyó por el camino de la casa del huerto. Y siguiólo Jehú, diciendo: Herid también á éste en el carro. Y le hirieron á la subida de Gur, junto á Ibleam. Y él huyó á Megiddo, y murió allí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Achazia, roi de Juda, vit cela, et s’enfuit par le chemin de la maison du jardin; et Jéhu le poursuivit, et dit: Frappez-le, lui aussi, sur le char. Ils le frappèrent à la montée de Gur, qui est près de Jibleam; et il s’enfuit à Meguiddo, et y mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als Ahasja, der König von Juda, das sah, floh er des Weges zum Gartenhause. Und Jehu jagte ihm nach und sprach: Auch ihn erschlaget auf dem Wagen! Und sie verwundeten ihn auf der Anhöhe Gur, die bei Jibleam ist. Und er floh nach Megiddo und starb daselbst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ochozias autem rex Juda videns hoc, fugit per viam domus horti: persecutusque est eum Jehu, et ait: Etiam hunc percutite in curru suo. Et percusserunt eum in ascensu Gaver, qui est juxta Jeblaam: qui fugit in Mageddo, et mortuus est ibi.