2 Kings 9:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 9:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 9:23 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 9:23 — KJV
“And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.”
— 2 Kings 9:23 (KJV)
2 Kings 9:23 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 9:23
“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 9:23: turned, fled
“And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. overthrew: Heb. shook off”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 9:23: turned, fled
“So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 9:23: turned, hands
“And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. power: Heb. hand”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 9:23: turned, fled
“And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 9:23: turned, fled
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