15. but King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to recover from wounds that the Arameans had given him when he fought Hazael. So Jehu said, "If this is the way you feel, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to talk about it in Jezreel."
16. Then Jehu got on a chariot and drove to Jezreel because Joram was resting there. Judah’s King Ahaziah had also come to visit Joram.
17. The guard standing on the tower at Jezreel saw a crowd of people coming with Jehu. He said, "I see a crowd of people."Joram said, "Take a chariot driver. Send him out to meet them to ask, ‘Do you come in peace?’"
18. So the driver went to meet him and said, "The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?’"Jehu replied, "What do you care about peace? Come around and follow me."Meanwhile, the tower guard reported, "The messenger met them, but he isn’t returning."
19. The king sent a second driver. He came to them and said, "The king asks, ‘Do you come in peace?’"Jehu said, "What do you care about peace? Come around and follow me."
20. The tower guard reported, "The messenger met them, but he isn’t returning. And the style of chariot driving is like Jehu, Nimshi’s son. Jehu drives like a madman."
21. Joram said, "Hitch up the chariot!" So they hitched up his chariot. Then Israel’s King Joram and Judah’s King Ahaziah—each in his own chariot—went out to meet Jehu. They happened to meet him at the plot of ground that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite.
22. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Do you come in peace, Jehu?"He said, "How can there be peace as long as the immoralities of your mother Jezebel and her many acts of sorcery continue?"
23. Then Joram turned his chariot around and fled. He shouted to Ahaziah, "It’s a trap, Ahaziah!"