2 Kings 9:22
And it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said, Is it peace, Ju? And Ju said, How can it be peace? as yet there are the whoredoms of your mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
23And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:4And it came to pass when Jezabel struck the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
1 Kings 19:1And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu had done, and how he had slain the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 21:25And we will + 21:25 Gr. change. give you another army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he listened to + 21:25 Gr. his. their voice, and did so.
2 Chronicles 21:13but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, as the house of Achaab caused Israel to go a-whoring, and you have slain your brethren, the sons of your father, who were better than yourself;
Isaiah 57:19peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are near: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 9:17-30
Jehu's Approach to Jezreel. ( b. c. 884.) 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was 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?… Read the whole commentary →