2 Kings 9:15-17

International Standard Version

(¹⁵ But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from wounds he had sustained from the Arameans when he had fought against King Hazael from Aram.) So Jehu concluded, “Since this is what you’ve decided,^[a] then let no one get away, leave the city, and go report to Jezreel!” ¹⁶ Then Jehu rode by chariot to Jezreel, since Joram was recovering^[b] there. King Ahaziah from Judah had come to visit Joram.

¹⁷ While the watchman was standing guard in the tower at Jezreel, he watched Jehu’s entourage arrive. So he called out, “I see a group arriving.”

Joram ordered, “Take a horseman, send him out to meet them, and have him ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”^[c]