2 Kings 9:17

Holy Bible: 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!” Joram said, “Send someone on a horse to meet them. Tell this messenger to ask if they come in peace.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 16:4

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

Isaiah 62:6

Jerusalem, I put guards on your walls. They will not be silent. They will keep praying day and night. Guards, keep praying to the Lord. Remind him of his promise. Don’t ever stop praying.

Isaiah 56:10

The watchmen are all blind. They don’t know what they are doing. They are like dogs that will not bark. They lie on the ground and sleep. Oh, they love to sleep.

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.’” Jehu answered, “You have nothing to do with peace. Come and follow me.”

2 Kings 7:14

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

1 Kings 2:15

Adonijah said, “You know that at one time the kingdom was mine. All the people of Israel wanted me to be their king. But things have changed, and now my brother is the king. The Lord chose him to be king.

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 and saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 13:34

Absalom ran away. There was a guard standing on the city wall. He saw many people coming from the other side of the hill, and went to tell the king.

1 Samuel 17:22

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

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?” Jehu answered the servants, “You know the man and the crazy things he says.”

2 Kings 9:16

Joram was resting in Jezreel, so Jehu got in his chariot and drove to Jezreel. King Ahaziah 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?’” Jehu said, “You have nothing to do with peace. Come and follow me.” The guard told Joram, “The messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet.”