2-Kings - 9:32



32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 9:32.

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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.
And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said : Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him.
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him.
And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, 'Who is with me?, who?' and look out unto him do two or three eunuchs;
Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.
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 officers.
And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and he said, "Who is this woman?" And two or three eunuchs bowed down before him.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he lifted up his face to the window,.... On hearing the above words:
and said, who is on my side, who? and will assist in taking vengeance on this haughty, imperious, and abusive woman:
and there looked out to him two or three eunuchs; who used to wait on her, as such did on women of quality, and attend them in their bedchambers; these, by their looks, signified they were ready to do any thing Jehu should direct them, Jezebel having been, perhaps, a very cruel mistress to them, and so was hated by them; and they might hope, by pleasing Jehu, to be continued at court in their office.

But Jehu did not deign to answer the worthless woman; he simply looked up to the window and inquired: "Who is (holds) with me? who?" Then two, three chamberlains looked out (of the side windows), and by Jehu's command threw the proud queen out of the window, so that some of her blood spirted upon the wall and the horses (of Jehu), and Jehu trampled her down, driving over her with his horses and chariot.

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