2 Kings 9:16

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

2 Kings 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:16

So Jehu rode in a chariot
In great pomp and majesty as a king: and went to Jezreel:
set forward on a march thither with his captains, and part of his army at least, from Ramothgilead; which, according to Bunting ^F14, was twenty four miles: for Jordan lay there;
to be cured of his wounds, as before observed: and Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram;
see ( 2 Kings 8:29 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Travels p. 166.

2 Kings 9:16 In-Context

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

15 But king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it is your minds, [then] let none go forth [nor] escape from the city to go to tell [it] in Jezreel.

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

17 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 a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace?

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 doth not return.