2 Kings 9:19
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
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.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion 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.
Compare
- 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!