Verse 18

2 Kings 9:18

Geneva Bible

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18 So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu sayd, What hast thou to do with peace? Turne behinde me. And the watchman tolde, saying, The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֵּלֶךְ֩ רֹכֵ֨ב הַ/סּ֜וּס לִ/קְרָאת֗/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הֲ/שָׁל֔וֹם וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר יֵה֛וּא מַה לְּ/ךָ֥ וּ/לְ/שָׁל֖וֹם סֹ֣ב אֶֽל אַחֲרָ֑/י וַ/יַּגֵּ֤ד הַ/צֹּפֶה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר בָּֽא הַ/מַּלְאָ֥ךְ עַד הֵ֖ם וְ/לֹֽא שָֽׁב

English Translation

And the rider of the horse went to meet him, and he said, “Thus says the king: Is it peace?” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.” And the lookout reported, saying, “The messenger has come to them, but he does not return.”

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Then Elisha the Prophet called one of ye children of the Prophets, and sayde vnto him, Gird thy loyn... Focus ↗

2 And when thou commest thither, looke where is Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and... Focus ↗

3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head, and say, Thus sayth the Lord, I haue anointed t... Focus ↗

4 So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead. Focus ↗

5 And when he came in, behold, the captaines of the armie were sitting. And he sayde, I haue a message... Focus ↗

6 And he arose, and went into the house, and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him, Thus s... Focus ↗

7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Pr... Focus ↗

8 For the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroied: and I will cut off from Ahab, him that maketh water ag... Focus ↗

9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house... Focus ↗

10 And the dogges shall eate Iezebel in the fielde of Izreel, and there shalbe none to burie her. And h... Focus ↗

11 Then Iehu came out to the seruants of his lord. And one sayd vnto him, Is all well? wherefore came t... Focus ↗

12 And they sayde, It is false, tell vs it nowe. Then he sayd, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Th... Focus ↗

13 Then they made haste, and tooke euerie man his garment, and put it vnder him on the top of the stair... Focus ↗

14 So Iehu ye sonne of Iehoshaphat the sonne of Nimshi conspired against Ioram: (Now Ioram kept Ramoth... Focus ↗

15 And King Ioram returned to bee healed in Izreel of the woundes, which the Aramites had giuen him, wh... Focus ↗

16 So Iehu gate vp into a charet, and went to Izreel: for Ioram lay there, and Ahaziah King of Iudah wa... Focus ↗

17 And the watchman that stoode in the towre in Izreel spyed the companie of Iehu as hee came, and sayd... Focus ↗

18 So there went one on horseback to meete him, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it peace? And Iehu s...

19 Then hee sent out another on horsebacke, which came to them, and sayde, Thus sayth the King, Is it p... Focus ↗

20 And the watchman tolde, saying, He came to them also, but commeth not againe, and the marching is li... Focus ↗

21 Then Iehoram sayd, Make ready: and his charet was made ready. And Iehoram King of Israel and Ahaziah... Focus ↗

22 And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the who... Focus ↗

23 Then Iehoram turned his hand, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, O Ahaziah, there is treason. Focus ↗

24 But Iehu tooke a bowe in his hande, and smote Iehoram betweene the shoulders, that the arowe went th... Focus ↗

25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captaine, Take, and cast him in some place of the fielde of Naboth the Iz... Focus ↗

26 Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, saide the Lord, and... Focus ↗

27 But when Ahaziah the King of Iudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house: And Iehu pursue... Focus ↗

28 And his seruants caried him in a charet to Ierusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathe... Focus ↗

29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahaziah to reigne ouer Iudah. Focus ↗

30 And when Iehu was come to Izreel, Iezebel heard of it, and painted her face, and tired her head, and... Focus ↗

31 And as Iehu entred at the gate, shee sayde, Had Zimri peace, which slewe his master? Focus ↗

32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe, and sayd, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her E... Focus ↗

33 And he sayde, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and hee sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall,... Focus ↗

34 And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and buri... Focus ↗

35 And they went to burie her, but they foud no more of her, then the skull and the feete, and the palm... Focus ↗

36 Wherefore they came agayne and tolde him. And he said, This is the worde of the Lord, which he spake... Focus ↗

37 And the carkeis of Iezebel shalbe as doung vpon the ground in the field of Izreel, so that none shal... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 9 (37 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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