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.
Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, х milee' (H4390) yaadow (H3027) baqeshet (H7198), filled his hand with the bow] - i:e., drew it out to its utmost bent, to give greater impetus to the arrow (cf. Zechariah 9:13).
And smote Jehoram between his arms, [Septuagint, ana meson toon brachionoon autou, between the shoulders]. Many of the ancient chariots were open behind. The king was wounded in the heart, and expired immediately.-All well-informed and observant travelers have been impressed with the manifest accuracy of the sacred historian; the localities and distances being such as seem naturally to be required by the incidents related, affording just time for the transactions to have occurred in the order in which they are recorded.