2 Kings 9:31
29 (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
30 Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
33 “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
- KJV
- And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
- WEB
- As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
- ASV
- And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master`s murderer?
- DARBY
- And when Jehu came in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of his master?
- BLB
- And Jehu entered into the gate, and she said, “Is [it] peace, O Zimri, manslayer of his master?”
- ÅB
- Og da Jehu kom inn gjennom porten, ropte hun: Kommer du med fred, du Simri som slo din herre ihjel?
- OTB
- Da Jehu kom inn gjennom porten, sa hun, “Er det vel, Simri, din herres morder?”
- B1930
- Og da Jehu kom inn gjennem porten, ropte hun: Kommer du med fred, du Simri som slo din herre ihjel?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 16:9–20
However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
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