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2 Kings 9:20

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The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”

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2 Kings 9:20 in other translations

And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

2 Kings 9:20 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 9:20 in context

  1. 18So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’ ”
    Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
    The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”
  2. 19Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’ ”
    Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”
  3. 20The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
  4. 21Joram said, “Get ready!”
    They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him on Naboth the Jezreelite’s land.
  5. 22When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?”
    He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”