2 Kings 9:16-18

New International Version - UK

¹⁶ Then he got into his chariot and rode to Jezreel, because Joram was resting there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

¹⁷ When the lookout standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, he called out, ‘I see some troops coming.’

‘Get a horseman,’ Joram ordered. ‘Send him to meet them and ask, “Do you come in peace?”’

¹⁸ The horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, ‘This is what the king says: “Do you come in peace?”’

‘What do you have to do with peace?’ Jehu replied. ‘Fall in behind me.’

The lookout reported, ‘The messenger has reached them, but he isn’t coming back.’