2 Kings 9:5
message <01697> [I have an errand.]
2 Kings 9:11
everything <07965> [Is all well.]
asked .......... madman ..... replied <07696 0559> [this mad fellow.]
It is probable there was something peculiar in the young prophet's manner and address, similar to the vehement actions sometimes used by the prophets when under the Divine influence, which caused the bystanders to use this contemptuous language.