2 Kings 9:17

Easy To Read Version

A guard was standing on the tower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu’s large group coming. He said, “I see a large group of people!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:34

Absalom ran away.

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting between the two gates {of the city}. The watchman went up to the roof over the gate walls. The watchman looked up and saw a man running alone.

1 Kings 2:15

Adonijah said, “You remember that at one time the kingdom was mine. All the people of Israel thought I was their king. But things changed. Now my brother is the king. The Lord chose him to be king.

2 Kings 7:14

So the men took two chariots [84] with horses. The king sent these men after the Aramean army. The king told them, “Go and see what happened.”

2 Kings 9:11

Jehu went back to his king’s officers. One of the officers said to Jehu, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy man come to you?”

2 Kings 9:16

Joram was resting in Jezreel. So Jehu got in his chariot [107] and drove to Jezreel. Ahaziah king of Judah had also come to Jezreel to see Joram.

2 Kings 9:18

So the messenger rode on a horse to meet Jehu. The messenger said, “King Joram says, ‘Do you come in peace?’”

2 Kings 9:19

Then Joram sent out a second messenger on a horse. This man came to Jehu’s group and said, “King Joram says, ‘Peace. [108] ’”

Isaiah 56:10

The guards (prophets) are all blind.\par They don’t know what they are doing.\par They are like dogs that won’t bark.\par They lie on the ground and sleep.\par Oh, they love to sleep.\par

Isaiah 62:6

“Jerusalem, I put guards (prophets)\par on your walls.\par Those guards will not be silent.\par They will keep praying day and night.”\par

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord told him to do. Samuel went to Bethlehem. The elders (leaders) of Bethlehem shook with fear. They met Samuel and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the food and things with the man who kept supplies. David ran to the place where the Israelite soldiers were. David asked about his brothers.