2 Kings 9:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And a watchman stood on the tower in Yizreʽ

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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?' "

2 Kings 9:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:34

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 18:24

Now Dawiḏ

1 Kings 2:15

And he said, “You know that the reign was mine, and all Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 7:14

They then took two chariots with horses. And the sovereign sent them in the direction of the camp of Aram, saying, “Go and see.”

2 Kings 9:11

And Yĕ

2 Kings 9:16

And Yĕ

2 Kings 9:18

And the horseman went to meet him, and said, “Thus said the sovereign, ‘Is there peace?’ ” And Yĕ

2 Kings 9:19

Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them, and said, “Thus said the sovereign, ‘Is there peace?’ ” And Yĕ

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, all of them, they have not known. All of them are dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 62:6

I have set watchmen on your walls, O Yerushalayim, all the day and all the night, continually, who are not silent. You who remember יהוה, give yourselves no rest,

1 Samuel 16:4

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 17:22

And Dawiḏ