17 And so the watchman, who was standing upon the tower of Jezreel, saw the crowd of Jehu arriving, and he said, 'I see a crowd.' And Joram said: 'Take a chariot, and send to meet them. And those who go should say, 'Is everything well?'
18 Therefore, he who had climbed into the chariot went away to meet him, and he said, 'The king says this: 'Is everything peaceful?' And Jehu said: 'What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.' Also the watchman gave a report, saying, 'The messenger went to them, but he did not return.'
19 And then he sent a second chariot of horses. And he went to them, and he said, 'The king says this: 'Is there peace?' And Jehu said: 'What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.'
20 Then the watchman gave a report, saying: 'He went all the way to them, but he did not return. But their advance is like the advance of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. For he advances precipitously.'
21 And Joram said, 'Yoke the chariot.' And they yoked his chariot. And Joram, the king of Israel, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, departed, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu. And they met him in the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite.
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