2Ki 9:17 Cross References
2 Kings 9:17
17: The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, "I see a company of troops coming!Send out a rider to find out if they are coming in peace," King Joram shouted back.
1 Samuel 16:4
- So Samuel did as the LORD instructed him. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the leaders of the town became afraid. "What's wrong?" they asked. "Do you come in peace?"
Acts 20:26
- Let me say plainly that I have been faithful. No one's damnation can be blamed on me,
- for I didn't shrink from declaring all that God wants for you.
- "And now beware! Be sure that you feed and shepherd God's flock--his church, purchased with his blood--over whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.
- I know full well that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
- Even some of you will distort the truth in order to draw a following.
1 Kings 2:15
- He replied, "As you know, the kingdom was mine; everyone expected me to be the next king. But the tables were turned, and everything went to my brother instead; for that is the way the LORD wanted it.
Isaiah 21:11
- This message came to me concerning Edom: Someone from Edom keeps calling to me, "Watchman, how much longer until morning? When will the night be over?"
- The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but night will soon follow. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask."
2 Samuel 18:24
- While David was sitting at the city gate, the watchman climbed to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked, he saw a lone man running toward them.
1 Samuel 17:22
- David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to the ranks to greet his brothers.
2 Kings 9:19
- So the king sent out a second rider. He rode up to them and demanded, "The king wants to know whether you come in peace." Again Jehu answered, "What do you know about peace? Get behind me!"
2 Samuel 13:34
- Meanwhile Absalom escaped. Then the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd coming toward the city from the west. He ran to tell the king, "I see a crowd of people coming from the Horonaim road along the side of the hill."
Luke 10:5
- "Whenever you enter a home, give it your blessing.
- If those who live there are worthy, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you.
Isaiah 62:6
- O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray.
Isaiah 56:10
- For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
2 Kings 7:14
- So two chariots with horses were prepared, and the king sent scouts to see what had happened to the Aramean army.
Isaiah 21:6
- Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, "Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees.
- Tell him to sound the alert when he sees chariots drawn by horses and warriors mounted on donkeys and camels."
- Then the watchman called out, "Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.
- Now at last--look! Here come the chariots and warriors!" Then the watchman said, "Babylon is fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!"
Ezekiel 33:2
- "Son of man, give your people this message: When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose a watchman.
- When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he blows the alarm to warn the people.
- Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action--well, it is their own fault if they die.
- They heard the warning but wouldn't listen, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the warning, they could have saved their lives.
- But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman accountable.