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
In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.
2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.
Isaiah 21:6
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.
Isaiah 56:10
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Isaiah 62:6
I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent!
Ezekiel 33:2
"Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them, 'Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
Acts 20:26
Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.
Take an horseman
2 Kings 7:14
So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them, "Go and find out what's going on."