Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu's troops approaching, and he called out, "I see a company of troops!" "Choose a rider," Joram commanded. "Send him out to meet them and ask, 'Have you come in peace?'" People Ahab, Ahaziah, Ahijah, Aram, Baasha, David, Elijah, Elisha, Hazael, Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, Jehu, Jeroboam, Jezebel, Jezreel, Joram, Naboth, Nebat, Nimshi, Syrians, ZimriPlaces Beth-haggan, Gur, Ibleam, Jerusalem, Jezreel, Megiddo, Ramoth-gilead, SyriaTopics Approaching, Band, Company, Horseman, Jehu, Jehu's, Jezreel, Jizreel, Joram, Meet, Ordered, Peace, Rider, Spied, Standing, Stood, Tower, Troops, WatchmanOutline 1. Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead4. The prophet having done his message, flees11. Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth27. Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem30. Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.Jump to Previous Approaching Company Horseman It Jehu Jehu's Jezreel Jizreel Joram Lookout Meet Ordered Peace Spied Standing Stood Tower Troops WatchmanJump to Next Approaching Company Horseman It Jehu Jehu's Jezreel Jizreel Joram Lookout Meet Ordered Peace Spied Standing Stood Tower Troops WatchmanLibrary Kings
The book[1] of Kings is strikingly unlike any modern historical narrative. Its comparative brevity, its curious perspective, and-with some brilliant exceptions--its relative monotony, are obvious to the most cursory perusal, and to understand these things is, in large measure, to understand the book. It covers a period of no less than four centuries. Beginning with the death of David and the accession of Solomon (1 Kings i., ii.) it traverses his reign with considerable fulness (1 Kings iii.-xi.), …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old TestamentParallel Verses NASB: Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'"KJV: And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
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