2 Kings 9:32 He looked up at the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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New International Version
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

New Living Translation
Jehu looked up and saw her at the window and shouted, “Who is on my side?” And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

English Standard Version
And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

Berean Standard Bible
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

New American Standard Bible
Then he raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is with me, who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.

NASB 1995
Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.

NASB 1977
Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.

Amplified Bible
Then Jehu raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.

Christian Standard Bible
He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who? ” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
He looked up toward the window and asked, "Is anyone up there on my side?" A few palace workers stuck their heads out of a window,

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Looking up at the window, he asked, "Is anyone on my side? Anyone?" Then two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

Good News Translation
Jehu looked up and shouted, "Who is on my side?" Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window,

International Standard Version
Jehu looked up toward the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" When two or three eunuchs looked out at him,

Majority Standard Bible
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

NET Bible
He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And he lifts up his face to the window and says, “Who [is] with me? Who?” And two [or] three eunuchs look out to him;

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will lift up his face to the window, and say, Who with me? who? and there will look towards him two, three eunuchs.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said : Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
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.

New American Bible
Jehu looked up to the window and shouted, “Who is on my side? Who?” At this, two or three eunuchs looked down toward him.

New Revised Standard Version
He looked up to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? And there looked out at him two or three eunuchs.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he lifted his face to the window and said: “Who is with me?” And two or three Eunuchs appeared to him.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

The Murder of Jezebel
…31And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” 32He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.…

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:23
And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

2 Kings 9:7-10
And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. / The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel. / I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. ...

1 Kings 16:31-33
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal. / First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. / Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

2 Kings 10:6-7
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. / And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

2 Kings 9:22
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

1 Kings 18:4
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

2 Kings 9:30
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

1 Kings 19:1-2
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. / So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

2 Kings 10:11
So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.

2 Kings 11:1-3
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. / But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed. / And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

2 Kings 9:14-15
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, / but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”

2 Kings 9:20
Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”

2 Kings 10:18-28
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot. / Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal. / And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it. ...

2 Kings 9:27
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Treasury of Scripture

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.

Who is on my side?

Exodus 32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

2 Chronicles 11:12
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

eunuchs.

Esther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

Esther 2:15,21
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her…

Acts 12:20
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

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2 Kings 9

1. Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead
4. The prophet having done his message, flees
11. Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth
27. Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem
30. Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.

Berean Study Bible

He looked up at the window
This phrase sets the scene for a pivotal moment in the narrative. The act of looking up signifies a search for support or allies. In the Hebrew context, windows often symbolize a place of observation or revelation. Historically, windows in ancient Near Eastern architecture were small and high, indicating that Jehu's call was both a literal and symbolic reaching out for those who might be aligned with his divinely appointed mission.

and called out
The act of calling out is significant in biblical narratives, often indicating a moment of decision or divine intervention. In Hebrew, the verb used here can imply a loud, authoritative summons. Jehu's call is not just a request but a command, reflecting his role as the anointed king executing God's judgment.

'Who is on my side? Who?'
This rhetorical question is a powerful declaration of allegiance. In the context of ancient Israel, loyalty to God's anointed was paramount. The repetition emphasizes urgency and the need for immediate action. It also reflects the biblical theme of choosing sides, reminiscent of Joshua's challenge to the Israelites to choose whom they will serve (Joshua 24:15).

And two or three eunuchs
Eunuchs in the ancient Near East often held significant positions within royal households, trusted with sensitive duties. Their presence here is crucial; they represent those within the existing power structure who recognize the legitimacy of Jehu's divine mandate. The mention of "two or three" suggests a small but decisive group, highlighting the biblical principle that God often works through a faithful remnant.

looked down at him
This phrase indicates a shift in perspective and allegiance. The act of looking down can imply judgment or decision-making. In this context, it signifies the eunuchs' acknowledgment of Jehu's authority. Their response is immediate and decisive, reflecting the biblical theme of recognizing and submitting to God's chosen leader. This moment underscores the importance of discernment and action in fulfilling God's purposes.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(32) Who is on my side? who?--This hardly implies, as Thenius thinks, that Jezebel had made preparations for resistance. Jehu knew that the imperious and cruel queen was well hated by the palace officials. The "two or three eunuchs," who a moment before had crouched in servile dread before Jezebel, would now be eager to curry favour with the regicide, and, at the same time, wreak their malice upon their former tyrant. (The repetition, "Who is on my side? who?" accords well with Jehu's character. The LXX. has the strange reading, "he saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me." Josephus adopts this; but Thenius shows clearly that it has originated in easy corruptions of the present Hebrew text.)

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 32. - And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? Whatever Jezebel's intention, Jehu yielded not a jot; he was deaf to her flatteries, blind to her seductions. He had made up his mind for "war to the knife" before he embarked upon his enterprise, and the feeble attempts of a queen whose part was played out, whose age he knew, and whom he no doubt regarded as an old woman, had no power on him. Instead of responding to her blandishments, he took a stern and hard line. He would not see her privately. He summoned to his aid the menials of the palace - the eunuchs -those on whom beauty has least influence. "Who is on my side? who?" he exclaimed (literally, "Who is with me? who?"); thus calling on the court servants to desert their masters, the guards to turn their swords against their employers, the menials to consummate an intra-palatial revolution. We cannot deny to Jehu the credit of vigor, promptness, audacity, the talent to seize on the opportunity of the moment, and to make the most of it; but he must ever present himself to us as the rough soldier, with no courtesy, with no chivalry, bent on accomplishing his own ends, and shrinking from no deed of blood, no precedent pessimi exempli, if thereby his ends might be brought about. And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. Eunuchs had become an integral part both of the Jewish and of the Israelite courts from the time of David (1 Chronicles 28:1). They are an institution which almost necessarily accompanies polygamy; and they had long held high office in. Egypt, in Babylon, and in Assyria. A position outside nature, at variance with all men's natural feelings and aspirations, of necessity depraves the character, weakens the moral principle, and ends by debasing the class. In Oriental history, the lowest, vilest part is always played by the eunuchs of the palace, who are ever ready to take part in any intrigues, in any conspiracies, and who seem to be almost wholly devoid of the ordinary feelings of humanity. The eunuchs who "looked out" to Jehu were probably the chief eunuchs of the palace, who had authority over the others, and indeed over the court officials generally.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

He looked up
וַיִּשָּׂ֤א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the window
הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן (ha·ḥal·lō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2474: A window

and called out,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Who
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

is on my side?
אִתִּ֖י (’it·tî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Who?”
מִ֑י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

And two
שְׁנַ֥יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

or three
שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה (šə·lō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

eunuchs
סָרִיסִֽים׃ (sā·rî·sîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5631: A eunuch, valet, a minister of state

looked down
וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּ (way·yaš·qî·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8259: To overhang, look out or down

at him.
אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

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