KJV King James Version
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?
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2 Kings 9:17
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
WEB World English Bible
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
ASV American Standard Version
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, ‘A company I see;’ and Joram saith, ‘Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 9
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, [then] let none go forth [nor] escape out of the city to go to tell [it] in Jezreel.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?
18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
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וְהַצֹּפֶה֩H6822 · tsa.phahto watchעֹמֵ֨דH5975 · a.madto stand: standעַֽל־H5921 · aluponהַמִּגְדָּ֜לH4026 · mig.dal(Hananel) Towerבְּיִזְרְעֶ֗אלH3157 · yiz.re.elJezreelוַיַּ֞רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שִׁפְעַ֤תH8229 · shiph.ahabundanceיֵהוּא֙H3058 · ye.huJehuבְּבֹא֔וֹH935 · boto come (in): comeוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשִׁפְעַ֖תH8229 · shiph.ahabundanceאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIרֹאֶ֑הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוֹרָ֗םH3088 · ye.ho.ramJehoramקַ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeרַכָּ֛בH7395 · rak.kavcharioteerוּֽשְׁלַ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departלִקְרָאתָ֖םH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetוְיֹאמַ֥רH559 · a.marto sayהֲשָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965 · sha.lompeace
Cross-references
1 Samuel 16:4And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?Isaiah 21:11-12The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?Isaiah 56:10His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.Luke 10:5-6And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace [be] to this house.2 Kings 7:14They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.1 Samuel 17:22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.Ezekiel 33:2-9Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:1 Kings 2:15And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD.Acts 20:26-31Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the blood of all [men].2 Samuel 13:34But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.2 Samuel 18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.Isaiah 21:6-9For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.2 Kings 9:19Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.Isaiah 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
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