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18 So a horseman[a] went to meet him. He said, “This is what the king says. Do you come in peace?”

Then Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

Then the watchmen said, “The messenger reached him but did not return.”

19 So he sent a second horseman. He came to them and said, “This is what the king says. Do you come in peace?”

Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.”

20 Then the watchman said, “He reached them, but he did not return. But the driving is like Jehu son of Nimshi’s driving. He drives like a madman.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:18 The word in verse 17 may refer either to riding in a chariot or on horseback. It appears that this may be one of the first references in the Old Testament to riding on horseback.