2 Kings 9:19
17 Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
18 So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
20 Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi —he is driving like a madman!”
21 “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- KJV
- Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
- WEB
- Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
- ASV
- Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
- DARBY
- And he sent out a second on horseback; and he came to them and said, Thus saith the king: Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
- BLB
- And he sent out a second rider on a horse, and he went in to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘[Is] peace?’” And Jehu answered, “And what to you with peace? Turn around to behind me.”
- ÅB
- Da sendte han en annen rytter, og da han kom til dem, sa han: Så sier kongen: Kommer dere med fred? Jehu svarte: Hva kommer det deg ved? Vend om og følg meg!
- OTB
- Så sendte han ut en annen rytter, som kom til dem og sa, “Kongen spør, ‘Er det fred?’” Og Jehu svarte, “Hva angår fred deg? Fall inn bak meg.”
- B1930
- Da sendte han en annen rytter, og da han kom til dem, sa han: Så sier kongen: Kommer I med fred? Jehu svarte: Hvad kommer det dig ved? Vend om og følg mig!