18. So the horseman went to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’ ”And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.”So the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger went to them, but is not coming back.”
19. Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’ ”And Jehu answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.”
20. So the watchman reported, saying, “He went up to them and is not coming back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously!”
21. Then Joram said, “Make ready.” And his chariot was made ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and met him on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22. Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?”So he answered, “What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?”
23. Then Joram turned around and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”