Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
A watchman
Take an horseman
Bible References
A watchman
2 Samuel 13:34
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked about. And behold, there came much people by a way that was behind his back along by a hill's side.
2 Samuel 18:24
And David sat between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes and saw: and behold, there came a man running alone.
Isaiah 21:6
For thus the Lord hath charged me: "Go thy way, and set a watchman, that he may tell what he seeth."
Isaiah 56:10
For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.
Isaiah 62:6
Upon the walls of Jerusalem, I have set keepers which shall never cease, neither by day nor yet by night.
Ezekiel 33:2
"Thou son of man, Speak to the children of thy people, and tell them, 'When I send a sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their country, and set him to be their watchman:
Acts 20:26
Wherefore I take you to record this same day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Take an horseman
2 Kings 7:14
And they took two chariots of horses, and the king sent after the Host of the Syrians, saying, "Go and see."