2 Kings 9:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ In Jezreel, the sentinel standing on the tower spied the company of Jehu arriving and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman; send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ A watchman on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Send a horseman to meet them and have him ask, Do you come in peace?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The guard standing on the tower at Jezreel saw a crowd of people coming with Jehu. He said, “I see a crowd of people.” Joram said, “Take a chariot driver. Send him out to meet them to ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And so the watchman, who was standing upon the tower of Jezreel, saw the crowd of Jehu arriving, and he said, "I see a crowd." And Joram said: "Take a chariot, and send to meet them. And those who go should say, 'Is everything well?' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ The watchmen therefore, that stood upon the tower of Jezrahel, saw the troop of Jehu coming, and said: I see a troop. And Joram said: Take a chariot, and send to meet them, and let him that goeth say: Is all well?

2 Kings 9:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:34

But Absalom fled. When the young man who kept watch looked up, he saw many people coming from the Horonaim road by the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 18:24

Now David was sitting between the two gates. The sentinel went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he looked up he saw a man running alone.

1 Kings 2:15

He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to reign; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the Lord.

2 Kings 7:14

So they took two mounted men, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and find out.”

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu came back to his master’s officers, they said to him, “Is everything all right? Why did that madman come to you?” He answered them, “You know the sort and how they babble.”

2 Kings 9:16

Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, where Joram was lying ill. King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.

2 Kings 9:18

So the horseman went to meet him; he said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’ ” Jehu responded, “What have you to do with peace? Fall in behind me.” The sentinel reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”

2 Kings 9:19

Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’ ” Jehu answered, “What have you to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.