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31 While Jehu rode through the gate, she taunted him.

Jezebel: Is everything okay, traitor?[a] Is everything all right, you murderer of your master?

Jehu (looking up at her window): 32 Is anyone in this city on my side? Anyone?

A few officers, who were eunuchs, peered down at him.

Jehu: 33 Seize her, and throw her out the window!

They did as he instructed and threw her out the window. Her blood splattered everywhere—on the ground, on the wall, on the horses. He rode his horse over her and pounded her into the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:31 Hebrew, Zimri

31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri,(A) you murderer of your master?”[a]

32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:31 Or “Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”