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2 Kings 9:16-18
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16 Jehu drove his chariot[a] to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating[b] there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit[c] Joram.)

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching.[d] He said, “I see troops!”[e] Joram[f] ordered,[g] “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’”[h] 18 So the horseman[i] went to meet him and said, “This is what the king says, ‘Is everything all right?’”[j] Jehu replied, “None of your business![k] Follow me.” The watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but hasn’t started back.”

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  1. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “rode [or, ‘mounted’] and went.”
  2. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “lying down.”
  3. 2 Kings 9:16 tn Heb “to see.”
  4. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shifʿah), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels (Isa 60:6) or horses (Ezek 26:10) and of an abundance of water (Job 22:11; 38:34).
  5. 2 Kings 9:17 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifʿat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
  6. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “Jehoram” here and in vv. 21, 22, 23, 24; Joram is a short form of the name Jehoram.
  7. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “said.”
  8. 2 Kings 9:17 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”
  9. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “the rider of the horse.”
  10. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “Is there peace?”
  11. 2 Kings 9:18 tn Heb “What concerning you and concerning peace?” That is, “What concern is that to you?”
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