2 Kings 9:30

2 Kings 9:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window.

Context of 2 Kings 9:30

28Then his servants carried him to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in his ancestors’ tomb in the city of David. 29It was in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab that Ahaziah had become king over Judah. When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it, so she painted her eyes, fixed her hair, and looked down from the window. 31As Jehu entered the city gate, she said, “Do you come in peace, Zimri, killer of your master?” 32He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,

2 Kings 9:30 word by word

וַיָּב֥וֹא יֵה֖וּא יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל שָׁמְעָ֗ה וַתָּ֨שֶׂם בַּפּ֤וּךְ עֵינֶ֙יהָ֙ וַתֵּ֣יטֶב אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ף בְּעַ֥ד הַחַלּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when Jehuיֵהוּאyêhû' · JehuH3058
• was comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizre‛ê'l · JezreelH3157
• Jezebelאִיזֶבֶל'îyzebel · JezebelH348
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• and she paintedפּוּךְpûk · antimonyH6320
• and she paintedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• her faceעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and tiredיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• her headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• and looked outשָׁקַףshâqaph · to lookH8259
• at a windowחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474

Cross-references for 2 Kings 9:30

• 1 Kings 19:1Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
• Jeremiah 4:30And you, devastated one, what are you doing that you dress yourself in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, that you enhance your eyes with makeup? You beautify yourself for nothing. Your lovers reject you; they intend to take your life.
• Ezekiel 23:40“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.
• Isaiah 3:18On that day the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,
• Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”
• 1 Timothy 2:9Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,
• 1 Peter 3:3Don’t let your beauty consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Commentaries on 2 Kings 9:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30She painted her face, and tired her head - She endeavored to improve the appearance of her complexion by paint, and the general effect of her countenance by a tiara or turban head-dress. Jonathan, the Chaldee Targumist, so often quoted, translates this עינהא בצדידא וכחלת vechachalath bitsdida eynaha : "She stained her eyes with stibium or antimony." This is a custom in Astatic countries to the present day. From a late traveler in Persia, I borrow the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Painted her face - literally, “put her eyes in antimony “ - i. e., dyed the upper and under eyelids, a common practice in the East, even at the present day. The effect is at once to increase the apparent size of the eye, and to give it unnatural brilliancy. Representations of eyes thus embellished occur on the Assyrian sculptures, and the practice existed among the Jews (marginal reference; and Jeremiah 4:30). Tired her head - Dressed (attired) her head…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-37Verses 30-37 Instead of hiding herself, as one afraid of Divine vengeance, Jezebel mocked at fear. See how a heart, hardened against God, will brave it out to the last. There is not a surer presage of ruin, than an unhumbled heart under humbling providences. Let those look at Jezebel's conduct and fate, who use arts to seduce others to commit wickedness, and to draw them aside from the ways of truth and righteousness. Jehu called for aid against Jezebel…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30The narrator goes back to the events at Jezreel. Jezebel, knowing Jehu was coming and she would soon die, dressed up and stayed proud until the end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Jezebel painted her face--literally, "her eyes," according to a custom universal in the East among women, of staining the eyelids with a black powder made of pulverized antimony, or lead ore mixed with oil, and applied with a small brush on the border, so that by this dark ligament on the edge, the largeness as well as the luster of the eye itself was thought to be increased. Her object was, by her royal attire, not to captivate, but to overawe Jehu.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 9:30

• Cosmetics
• Decision
• Elijah
• Homicide
• Jehu
• Jezebel
• Jezreel
• Naboth
• Painting
• Usurpation
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Jehu
• Jezebel
• Jezreel
• Jezreel, Jezreelite
• Eye
• Jehoram
• Paint
• Perish
• Sink
• Tire

Commentaries on 2 Kings 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings