2 Kings 9:17

New International Reader's Version

A lookout was standing on the roof of the tower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu’s troops approaching. So he called out, “I see some troops coming.” “Get a horseman,” Joram ordered. “Send him to ride out to them. Have him ask, ‘Are you coming in peace?’ ”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:34

While all of that was taking place, Absalom ran away. The man on guard duty at Jerusalem looked up. He saw many people coming on the road west of him. They were coming down the side of the hill. He went and spoke to the king. He said, “I see men coming down the road from Horonaim. They are coming down the side of the hill.”

2 Samuel 18:24

David was sitting in the area between the inner and outer gates of the city. The man on guard duty went up to the roof over the entrance of the gate by the wall. As he looked out, he saw someone running alone.

1 Kings 2:15

He said, “As you know, the kingdom belonged to me. The whole nation of Israel thought of me as their king. But now things have changed. The kingdom belongs to my brother. The Lord has given it to him.

2 Kings 7:14

The men chose two chariots and their horses. The king sent them out to look for Aram’s army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.”

2 Kings 9:11

Jehu went out to where the other officers were. One of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did that crazy man come to you?” “You know the man. You know the kinds of things he says,” Jehu replied.

2 Kings 9:16

Then Jehu got into his chariot. He rode off to Jezreel. Joram was resting there. And Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had gone down to see him.

2 Kings 9:18

The horseman rode out to where Jehu was. He said, “The king asks, ‘Are you coming in peace?’ ” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu answered. “Get in line behind me.” The lookout reported, “The messenger has reached them. But he isn’t coming back.”

2 Kings 9:19

So the king sent out a second horseman. When he came to them, he said, “The king asks, ‘Are you coming in peace?’ ” Jehu replied, “What do you know about peace? Get in line behind me.”

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Isaiah 62:6

Jerusalem, I have stationed guards on your walls. They must never be silent day or night. You who call out to the Lord must not give yourselves any rest.

1 Samuel 16:4

Samuel did what the Lord said. He arrived at Bethlehem. The elders of the town met him. They were trembling with fear. They asked, “Have you come in peace?”

1 Samuel 17:22

David left what he had brought with the man who took care of the supplies. He ran to the battle lines and asked his brothers how they were.