2nd Kings Chapter 9 verse 24 Holy Bible
And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
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And Jehu took his bow in his hand, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out through his heart; and he sank down in his chariot.
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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.
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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.
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Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
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And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength. This meaning is scarcely contained in the Hebrew, which merely says that Jehu "filled his hand with his bow," that is to say, took his bow into his hands for the purpose of using it. And smote Jehoram between his arms; i.e. directed an arrow against Jehoram with so true an aim, that it struck him in the middle of the back between his shoulders. And the arrow went out at his heart. This was quite possible, for the heart lies towards the center of the chest, not wholly on the left side. It is not necessary to suppose an oblique wound. And he sank down in his chariot. Jehoram fell into the "well," or body, of the chariot, and there lay, the chariot being brought to a stand.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) And Jehu drew . . . strength.--See margin, which, however, is not quite accurate. Rather it should be, And Jehu had filled his hand (with an arrow) on the bow--i.e., had meanwhile put an arrow on his bow ready to shoot. Keil explains, "filled his hand with the bow," i.e., seized the bow. The phrase "to fill a bow" means to stretch it, both in Hebrew (Zechariah 9:13) and in Syriac (Psalm 11:2). In Psalm 64:4. Symmachus renders the Hebrew, "they have aimed their arrow," by the Greek, ????????? ?? ?????, "they have filled the bow."Between his arms--i.e., between the shoulders, as he was flying; Vulg., "inter scapulas."The arrow went out at his heart.--Or, came out from his heart. It struck him obliquely between the shoulders, and went right through the heart. (The word for "arrow" is h?ci, an ancient form, occurring thrice in 1Samuel 20:36-38.) Ewald, on this account, refers both passages to the oldest narrator of the history of the kings.Sunk down.--See margin (Isaiah 46:1). . . .
