Discovery Box2 Kings 9:17 
Context9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu’s troops approaching. 1 He said, “I see troops!” 2 Jehoram ordered, 3 “Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, ‘Is everything all right?’” 4
2 Kings 9:36
Context9:36 When they went back and told him, he said, “The Lord’s word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, 5 ‘In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.
2 Kings 10:1
Context10:1 Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. 6 So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, 7
1 tn Heb “the quantity [of the men] of Jehu, when he approached.” Elsewhere שִׁפְעַה (shif’ah), “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).
2 tn The term שִׁפְעַת (shifat) appears to be a construct form of the noun, but no genitive follows.
3 tn Heb “said.”
4 tn Heb “Get a rider and send [him] to meet him and let him ask, ‘Is there peace?’”
5 tn Heb “It is the word of the
6 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
7 tn Heb “to the officers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab, saying.” It is not certain why the officials of Jezreel would be in Samaria. They may have fled there after they heard what happened to Joram and before Jehu entered the city. They would have had time to flee while Jehu was pursuing Ahaziah.
