2 Kings 9:19

New International Reader's Version

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.”

Cross References

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 9:17

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?’ ”

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 9:20

The lookout reported, “The second messenger has reached them. But he isn’t coming back either. The one driving the chariot drives like Jehu, the son of Nimshi. He’s driving like a crazy person.”

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for those who are evil,” says the Lord.