2 Kings 9:19

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 9:11

When Jehu had returned to his master’s servants, one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know this man and his babble.”

2 Kings 9:17

A watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he was coming and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”

2 Kings 9:18

So the horseman went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’ ” But Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Circle in behind me.” So the watchman reported, “The messenger came to them, but he is not returning.”

2 Kings 9:20

The watchman reported, “He came to them, but he is not returning. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”