So 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.”
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So 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.”
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So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
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So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said: 'Thus saith the king: Is it peace?' And Jehu said: 'What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.' And the watchman told, saying: 'The messenger came to them, but he cometh not back.'
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 9:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 9:19 Then 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!”
- 2 Kings 9:22 When 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?”
- Isaiah 48:22 “There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”
- Isaiah 59:8 They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
- Jeremiah 16:5 For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.
- Romans 3:17 The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, follow me.
Or, follow me.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:18 So there went one on horseback to…
2Ki 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
Ver. 18. Is it peace?] See 2Ki 9:17.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain What hast thou to do with peace? what right…
What hast thou to do with peace? what right hast thou, or thy master that sent thee, to peace?
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joram said, make ready,.... The chariot, put to…
And Joram said, make ready,.... The chariot, put to the horses; bind them, as the word signifies, to the chariot:
and his chariot was made ready; by his servants immediately:
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and Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; not both in the same chariot, but each in his own, for the sake of greater magnificence:
and they went out against Jehu; not in an hostile manner, for they had no notion of him as an enemy; though it is much they had no suspicion of him by his detaining the messengers; but Joram perhaps thought he was desirous of delivering his message himself; and in honour to him, and also being eager to know what it was, went out to meet him:
and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite; which had been his, and where, or near it, he was stoned, and his blood shed; a very inauspicious place to meet him in.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. What hast thou to do with peace?]…
Verse 18. What hast thou to do with peace?] "What is it to thee whether there be peace or war? Join my company, and fall into the rear."
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain What hast thou to do with peace? - i.…
What hast thou to do with peace? - i. e., “What does it matter to thee whether my errand is one of peace or not?”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Peace? As this expression sufficiently vindicated the designs of…
Peace? As this expression sufficiently vindicated the designs of Jehu, he would not suffer the messenger to return before him. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. What hast thou to do with peace —…
18. What hast thou to do with peace — The supercilious language of a conqueror who is perfect master of the situation, and can dictate the course to be pursued.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. What hast thou to do with peace?] What…
18. What hast thou to do with peace?] What concern is it of thine whether I come peaceably or not? My errand is not to thee. Josephus says the messenger’s enquiry was about affairs in the camp, for that the king’s questions were about them. Jehu bade him not to worry about these things but to follow him (Ant. IX. 6. 3). The design of Jehu’s order was that no information should be brought to Joram.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) One on horseback.—Literally, the rider of the horse.
(18) One on horseback.—Literally, the rider of the horse.
What hast thou to do with peace?—A rough evasion: “What business is it of yours, on what ground I am come?” Conscious of his strength, Jehu can despise the royal message, and the messenger durst not disobey the fierce general, when ordered summarily to the rear. Of course Jehu wished to prevent an alarm being raised in Jezreel.
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Came to them.—Literally, came right up to them. (The Hebrew text should be corrected from 2Ki_9:20.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So there went one on horseback to meet him,…
So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace! turn thee behind me. Jehu chooses to accept the messenger"s words as if they were his own, and not those of the king. "What does it matter to such a one as thee, a mere common man, whether my tidings are peaceful or the contrary? I shall not tell thee my errand. Turn and follow in my train." The messenger had no choice but to obey. An attempt at flight would have led to his being seized or slain. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. The watchman evidently thought his not returning suspicious, and reported it at once. Joram should now have taken alarm, but he did not. He appears to have had no notion that any danger could be approaching.
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