15 but (A)King [a]Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had [b]inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, “If this is your mind, then let no one escape or [c]leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. (B)Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the [d]company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a [e]company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:15 Heb Jehoram
  2. 2 Kings 9:15 Lit struck
  3. 2 Kings 9:15 Lit go out from
  4. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit multitude
  5. 2 Kings 9:17 Lit multitude