2 Kings 9:31
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
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
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
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