Verse 30

2 Kings 9:30

GOD'S WORD Translation

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30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּב֥וֹא יֵה֖וּא יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָ/ה וְ/אִיזֶ֣בֶל שָׁמְעָ֗ה וַ/תָּ֨שֶׂם בַּ/פּ֤וּךְ עֵינֶ֨י/הָ֙ וַ/תֵּ֣יטֶב אֶת רֹאשָׁ֔/הּ וַ/תַּשְׁקֵ֖ף בְּעַ֥ד הַ/חַלּֽוֹן

English Translation

And Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your w... Focus ↗

2 When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him ris... Focus ↗

3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Yahweh says, “I have anointed you king... Focus ↗

4 So the young man, even the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. Focus ↗

5 When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, “I have a message for you... Focus ↗

6 He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the... Focus ↗

7 You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, a... Focus ↗

8 For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wa... Focus ↗

9 I will make Ahab’s house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha t... Focus ↗

10 The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’”... Focus ↗

11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad... Focus ↗

12 They said, “That is a lie. Tell us now.” He said, “He said to me, ‘Yahweh says, I have anointed you... Focus ↗

13 Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and b... Focus ↗

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ram... Focus ↗

15 but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, w... Focus ↗

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come d... Focus ↗

17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came,... Focus ↗

18 So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” Jehu said, “Wha... Focus ↗

19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peac... Focus ↗

20 The watchman said, “He came to them, and isn’t coming back. The driving is like the driving of Jehu... Focus ↗

21 Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of J... Focus ↗

22 When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitu... Focus ↗

23 Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, “This is treason, Ahaziah!” Focus ↗

24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out... Focus ↗

25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth... Focus ↗

26 ‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I w... Focus ↗

27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed a... Focus ↗

28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in D... Focus ↗

29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah. Focus ↗

30 When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head,...

31 As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?... Focus ↗

32 He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked... Focus ↗

33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall,... Focus ↗

34 When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; fo... Focus ↗

35 They went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull, the feet, and the palms of her... Focus ↗

36 Therefore they came back, and told him. He said, “This is Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his serva... Focus ↗

37 and the body of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field on Jezreel’s land, so that they won... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 9 (37 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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