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2 Kings 9:30 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 9 · verse 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.2 Kings 9:30 · King James Version
2 Kings 9:30 in context
28And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
29And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30And 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.
31And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JezreelYizrᵉʻêʼlJizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two IsraelitesH3157 →
- JezebelʼÎyzebelIzebel, the wife of king AhabH348 →
- paintedsûwmto putH7760 →
- paintedpûwkdyeH6320 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- tiredyâṭabto be make well, literally or figurativelyH3190 →
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The greatest delinquent in the house of Ahab was Jezebel: it was she that introduced Baal, slew the Lord's prophets, contrived the murder of Naboth, stirred up her husband first, and then her sons, to do wickedly;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-37