2 Raja-raja 9:17

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ketika jaga yang sedang berdiri di atas menara di Yizreel, melihat pasukan Yehu datang, berserulah ia: "Ada kulihat suatu pasukan." Berkatalah Yoram: "Ambillah seorang penunggang kuda, suruhlah ia menemui mereka serta menanyakan: apakah ini kabar damai?"

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ketika jaga yang sedang berdiri di atas menara di Yizreel, melihat pasukan Yehu datang, berserulah ia: "Ada kulihat suatu pasukan." Berkatalah Yoram: "Ambillah seorang penunggang kuda, suruhlah ia menemui mereka serta menanyakan: apakah ini kabar damai?"

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hata, maka terlihatlah penunggu yang berdiri di atas bangun-bangun Yizriel itu akan pasukan Yehu itu berlari-lari datang, lalu sembahnya: Bahwa patik melihat suatu pasukan datang. Maka titah raja Yoram: Ambillah olehmu akan seorang berkendaraan, suruhlah dia pergi mendapatkan mereka itu dan bertanyakan selamatnya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ So Iehu gat vp [into a charet] & went to Iezrahel where Ioram lay: and Ahaziahu king of Iuda was come downe thyther to see Ioram. ¹⁷ And the watchman that stoode on the towre in Iezrahel, spied the companie of Iehu as he came, and sayde: I see a companie. And Ioram sayde: Take an horsman, and send to meete them, that he may aske whether it be peace. ¹⁸ And so there went one on horsbacke to meete him, and sayde: Thus sayth the king: is it peace? And Iehu sayd: What hast thou to do with peace? turne thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying: The messenger came to them, but he commeth not againe. ¹⁹ Then he sent out another on horsbacke, whiche came to them, and sayde: Thus sayth the king: is it peace? Iehu aunswered: What hast thou to do with peace? turne thee behynd me. ²⁰ And the watchman tolde, saying: He came to them also, and commeth not againe: And the driuing, is lyke the driuing of Iehu the sonne of Nimsi: for he driueth the charet as he were mad. ²¹ And Ioram sayde: Make redy. And the charet was made redy. And Ioram king of Israel, and Ahaziahu king of Iuda, went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu, and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Iezrahelite. ²² And it fortuned, that when Ioram sawe Iehu, he sayd: Is it peace Iehu? He aunswered: What peace should there be, so long as the whordoms of thy mother Iezabel and her wytchcraftes are so great? ²³ And Ioram turned his hande, and fled, and sayde to Ahaziahu: There is falshood O Ahaziahu. ²⁴ And Iehu toke a bow in his hande, and smote Ioram betweene the armes, & the arrowe went through his heart, and he fell downe flat in his charet. ²⁵ Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captayne: Take [him] and cast him in the plat of the ground of Naboth the Iezrahelite: For I remember that when I & thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lorde layed this heauy burthen vpon him:

Bible Verse Review
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a watchman: 2 Samuel 13:34, 2 Samuel 18:24, Isaiah 21:6-9, Isaiah 21:11, Isaiah 21:12, Isaiah 56:10, Isaiah 62:6, Ezekiel 33:2-9, Acts 20:26-31

Take an horseman: 2 Kings 7:14

Is it peace: 2 Kings 9:19, 1 Samuel 16:4, 1 Samuel 17:22, 1 Kings 2:15, Luke 10:5, Luke 10:6

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:21 - Is all well 2 Kings 9:11 - Is all well 2 Kings 9:22 - Is it peace Habakkuk 2:1 - tower

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there stood a watchman on the tower of Jezreel,.... Who could see afar off when an enemy was coming, and his business was to give notice of it; and especially he was now on his watch tower, because the king was there, and this was necessary for his safety:

and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company; a troop of soldiers, though he did not know who they were, and to whom they belonged, whether they were Syrians or Israelites; which was reported to the king:

and Joram said, take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, is it peace? he might fear some ill had befallen his army at Ramothgilead, and the Syrians had got the advantage of them; or they had made an irruption into his country, and were coming to attack him at Jezreel; or there was an insurrection among his own people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 9:17. A watchman on the tower — These watchmen, fixed on elevated places and generally within hearing of each other, served as a kind of telegraphs, to communicate intelligence through the whole country. But, in some cases, it appears that the intelligence was conveyed by a horseman to the next stage, as in the case before us. At this time, when the armies were at Ramoth-gilead, they were, no doubt, doubly watchful to observe the state of the country, and to notice every movement. See on 2 Samuel 13:34.