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2 Kings 9:17 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 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?2 Kings 9:17 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:17 in context
15But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17And 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?
18So 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.
19Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watchmantsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- JezreelYizrᵉʻêʼlJizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two IsraelitesH3157 →
- companyshiphʻâhcopiousnessH8229 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- towermigdâla towerH4026 →
- spiedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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From Ramoth-Gilead to Jezreel was more than one day's march; about the mid-way between them the river Jordan must be crossed. We may suppose Jehu to have marched with all possible expedition, and to have taken the utmost precaution to prevent the tidings from getting to Jezreel before him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-29