2 Kings 9:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶ So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was laid up there; ^(A)and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

¹⁷ Now a watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company of men.”

And Joram said, “Get a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ^[a]‘Is it peace?’ ”

¹⁸ So the horseman went to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’ ”

And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? ^[b]Turn around and follow me.”

So the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger went to them, but is not coming back.”