열왕기하 9:30-31 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 9:31

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? This is a possible meaning of Jezebel's words, and it has among its advocates—Luther, De Wette, Maurer, and Dathe, besides our own translators. But so defiant an utterance is quite incompatible within intention to captivate and conciliate. Probably, therefore, we should understand the queen either as saying affirmatively, "Peace to thee, Zimri!" (or, "Hail, Zimri!") "slayer of thy lord," or else as asking,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 9:30

Painted 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, and no doubt put on her royal robes, that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 9:30

2 Kings 9:30. Jezebel heard of it, &c. She had heard that Jehu had slain her son, and slain him for her murders, idolatries, and other crimes, and thrown his dead body into the portion of Naboth, according to the word of the Lord; and now she learned he was come to Jezreel, where she could not but dread falling herself next a sacrifice to his revenging sword. Here we see how she meets her fate. She painted her face Rendered in the margin, put her eyes in painting. The word פוךְ , ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 9:31

2 Kings 9:31. Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? Remember that thy brother traitor, Zimri, had but a very short enjoyment of the benefit of his treason, and was speedily and severely punished for it by my grand-father Omri, (see the margin,) and expect thou the same treatment from some of my posterity. She took no notice of the hand of God gone out against her family, but flew in the face of him who was only a sword in that hand. Thus men are very apt, when they are in trouble, to break... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:11-37

Jehu’s revolution (9:11-10:14)On hearing of Jehu’s anointing as king, Jehu’s senior officers swore their immediate allegiance (11-13). Without allowing time for news of the rebellion to leak out, Jehu set off for Jezreel (14-16). As he approached the city, Joram and Ahaziah, unaware of the rebellion, went out to meet him. Joram was killed on the spot, appropriately at Naboth’s vineyard (17-26; cf. 1 Kings 21:17-19). Ahaziah was killed after a chase (27-29). Jehu quickly went on to Jezreel to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 9:30

heard of it: i.e. of the murder of her grandson. face = eyebrows and eyelids. tired = adorned. a window = the lattice. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 9:31

Had Zimri peace . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . See 1 Kings 16:9-20 . Suggesting the wisdom of coming to terms with her. master = lord. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 9:30

THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL"And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out of the window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer? 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 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... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 9:30

2 Kings 9:30. She painted her face— Rendered in the margin, put her eyes in painting: the word פוךֶ puk, rendered painting, signifies a mineral substance, stybium or stimmi, otherwise called plumbago, or black-lead, a kind of ochre of very fine and loose parts. The word occurs again, Jer 4:30 and both there as well as here, it is mentioned as somewhat with which women coloured their eyes. At this day the women in many parts of the east, tinge their eyes with black to heighten their beauty. The... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 9:30

30. 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 more