2 Kings 9:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ So Jehu mounted a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Meanwhile, King Ahaziah of Judah came down to see Joram. ¹⁷ Now the watchman stationed on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troop approaching and said, “I am seeing a troop.”

Then Joram said, “Take a horseman and dispatch him to meet them, and let him ask: ‘Is it peace?’” ¹⁸ So the horse rider went to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’” But Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me.”

So the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but didn’t come back.”