17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the [a]company of Jehu as he came, and he said, “I see a [b]company.” And [c]Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and have him [d]ask, ‘Is your intention peace?’” 18 So a horseman went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is your intention peace?’” But Jehu said, “[e](A)How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me.” And the watchman [f]reported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.” 19 Then he sent a second horseman, and he came to them and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is your intention peace?’” And Jehu [g]answered, “[h]How is peace any business of yours? Turn and follow me.” 20 And the watchman [i]reported, “He came up to them, but he did not return; and (B)the [j]driving is like the driving of (C)Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit crowd
  2. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit crowd
  3. 2 Kings 9:17 Heb Jehoram
  4. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit say
  5. 2 Kings 9:18 Lit What to you and to peace
  6. 2 Kings 9:18 Lit reported, saying
  7. 2 Kings 9:19 Lit said
  8. 2 Kings 9:19 See note 1 v 18
  9. 2 Kings 9:20 Lit reported, saying
  10. 2 Kings 9:20 I.e., of the chariot

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