KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Kings 9:30
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
WEB World English Bible
When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
ASV American Standard Version
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 9
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw [this], he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. [And they did so] at the going up to Gur, which [is] by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
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.
31 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.
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וַיָּב֥וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeיֵה֖וּאH3058 · ye.huJehuיִזְרְעֶ֑אלָהH3157 · yiz.re.elJezreelוְאִיזֶ֣בֶלH348 · i.ze.velJezebelשָׁמְעָ֗הH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearוַתָּ֨שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeבַּפּ֤וּךְH6320 · pukhcolorעֵינֶ֙יהָ֙H5869 · a.yineyeוַתֵּ֣יטֶבH3190 · ya.tavbe goodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֹאשָׁ֔הּH7218 · roshheadוַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ףH8259 · sha.qaphto lookבְּעַ֥דH1157 · be.adabout/through/forהַחַלּֽוֹן׃H2474 · chal.lonwindow
Cross-references
Jeremiah 4:30And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.Ezekiel 23:40And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger [was] sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.Isaiah 3:18-24In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of [their] tinkling ornaments [about their feet], and [their] cauls, and [their] round tires like the moon,1 Timothy 2:9-10In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;1 Kings 19:1-2And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.1 Peter 3:3Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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