King James Version
2 Kings 9:23 in the King James Version says “And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.”
2 Kings 9:23 · KJV
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. Make ready: Heb. Bind met: Heb. found
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. drew: Heb. filled his hand with a bow sunk: Heb. bowed
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“his hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“and fled”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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