2Ki 9:17 | NET2full | STEP | Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching . He said , “ I see troops !” Joram ordered , “ Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask , ‘Is everything all right ?’”

2 Kings 9:17

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shifʿah), “quantity,” is used of a quantity of camels (Isa 60:6) or horses (Ezek 26:10) and of an abundance of water (Job 22:11; 38:34).} He said, “I see troops!” ^{▼▼tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifʿat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.} Joram ^{▼▼tn Heb “Jehoram” here and in vv. 21, 22, 23, 24; Joram is a short form of the name Jehoram.} ordered, ^{▼▼tn Heb “said.”} “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” ^{▼▼tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”}