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Who?&#8221 Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who <i>is</i> on my side? who? And there looked out to him two <i>or</i> three eunuchs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who <i>is</i> on my side? Who?” So two <i>or</i> three eunuchs looked out at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is with me, who?” And two <i>or</i> three officials looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, &#8220Who is on my side? Who?&#8221 And two or three officials looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He looked up toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who? ” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He looked up toward the window and said, &#8220Who is on my side? Who?&#8221 Two or three eunuchs looked down at him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Looking up at the window, he asked, "Is anyone on my side? Anyone?" Then two or three eunuchs looked out at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jehu looked up and shouted, "Who is on my side?" Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehu looked up toward the window and called out, "Who is on my side? Who?" When two or three eunuchs looked out at him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He looked up at the window and called out, ?Who is on my side? Who?? And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He lifted up his face to the window, and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said : Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Jehu looked up to the window and shouted, “Who is on my side? Who?” At this, two or three eunuchs looked down toward him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He looked up to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he lifted his face to the window and said: “Who is with me?” And two or three Eunuchs appeared to him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3259" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">The Murder of Jezebel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">He looked up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ā·nāw (N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: ha·ḥal·lō·wn (Art:: N-cs) -- A window. A window.">the window</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and called out,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">“Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tî (Prep:: 1cs) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">is on my side?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·na·yim (Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">And two</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šāh (Number-ms) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">or three</a> <a href="/hebrew/5631.htm" title="5631: sā·rî·sîm (N-mp) -- Eunuch. Or caric; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet, and thus, a minister of state.">eunuchs</a> <a href="/hebrew/8259.htm" title="8259: way·yaš·qî·p̄ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To overhang, look out or down. A primitive root; properly, to lean out, i.e. peep or gaze.">looked down</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">at him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>“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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a></span><br />And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7-10</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-31.htm">1 Kings 16:31-33</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-6.htm">2 Kings 10:6-7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">2 Kings 9:22</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4</a></span><br />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.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">2 Kings 9:30</a></span><br />Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">1 Kings 19:1-2</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">2 Kings 10:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-14.htm">2 Kings 9:14-15</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-20.htm">2 Kings 9:20</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">2 Kings 10:18-28</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">2 Kings 9:27</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Who is on my side?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-26.htm">Exodus 32:26</a></b></br> Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who <i>is</i> on the LORD'S side? <i>let him come</i> unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/12-18.htm">1 Chronicles 12:18</a></b></br> Then the spirit came upon Amasai, <i>who was</i> chief of the captains, <i>and he said</i>, Thine <i>are we</i>, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace <i>be</i> unto thee, and peace <i>be</i> to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-12.htm">2 Chronicles 11:12</a></b></br> And in every several city <i>he put</i> shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.</p><p class="hdg">eunuchs.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/1-10.htm">Esther 1:10</a></b></br> 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,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/2-15.htm">Esther 2:15,21</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a></b></br> 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 <i>country</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">Chamberlains</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">Eunuchs</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-27.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-9.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-28.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-13.htm">Three</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-9.htm">Unsexed</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Window</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Chamberlains</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Eunuchs</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-37.htm">Face</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-6.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-10.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-15.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-5.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-6.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Three</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">Unsexed</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-33.htm">Window</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-4.htm">The prophet having done his message, flees</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He looked up at the window and called out</b><br>This phrase occurs during a pivotal moment in the narrative of Jehu's revolt against the house of Ahab. Jehu, anointed as king of Israel by a prophet sent by Elisha, approaches Jezreel to confront Jezebel. The act of looking up at the window signifies Jehu's direct challenge to Jezebel, who is associated with idolatry and the persecution of prophets. Windows in ancient Near Eastern architecture often served as places of observation and communication, symbolizing a point of confrontation between the old regime and the new.<p><b>“Who is on my side? Who?”</b><br>Jehu's question is a call for allegiance and a test of loyalty. It reflects the urgency and decisiveness required in fulfilling God's judgment against the house of Ahab. This moment echoes the broader biblical theme of choosing sides, reminiscent of Joshua's challenge to the Israelites to serve the Lord (<a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a>). It also foreshadows the New Testament call to follow Christ, where allegiance to Jesus is paramount (<a href="/matthew/12-30.htm">Matthew 12:30</a>).<p><b>And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.</b><br>Eunuchs, often serving in royal courts, were trusted officials who held significant influence. Their presence at the window indicates their proximity to Jezebel and their potential role in the palace's inner workings. The fact that they respond to Jehu's call suggests a shift in loyalty, highlighting the fulfillment of divine prophecy against Jezebel. This moment underscores the theme of God's sovereignty in using unexpected agents to accomplish His purposes, similar to how God uses unlikely individuals throughout Scripture, such as Rahab (Joshua 2) and the Samaritan woman (John 4).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a></b><br>Anointed by God as king over Israel, Jehu is tasked with eradicating the house of Ahab and executing divine judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eunuchs.htm">Eunuchs</a></b><br>Servants in the royal court, often entrusted with significant responsibilities. In this context, they are positioned to make a pivotal decision.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a></b><br>The queen mother, known for her idolatry and opposition to God’s prophets, is the target of Jehu’s call for allegiance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/window.htm">Window</a></b><br>The location from which Jezebel is looking down, symbolizing her elevated yet vulnerable position.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, where these events unfold, is in a period of significant political and spiritual upheaval.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/allegiance_to_god's_anointed.htm">Allegiance to God’s Anointed</a></b><br>Jehu’s call, "Who is on my side?" challenges us to consider our allegiance to God’s purposes. Are we willing to stand with God’s anointed leaders, even when it requires difficult choices?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_decision-making.htm">Courage in Decision-Making</a></b><br>The eunuchs’ decision to align with Jehu demonstrates the importance of courage and discernment in pivotal moments. We are often faced with choices that require us to stand for truth and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>This passage underscores the certainty of God’s justice. Despite Jezebel’s power and influence, her downfall is inevitable. Trust in God’s timing and justice, even when evil seems to prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_servants_in_god's_plan.htm">Role of Servants in God’s Plan</a></b><br>The eunuchs, though seemingly minor characters, play a crucial role in fulfilling God’s plan. This reminds us that God can use anyone, regardless of status, to accomplish His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Just as Jehu was vigilant in his mission, we must remain spiritually vigilant, ready to act in accordance with God’s will and resist the influence of those who oppose Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chron._32_and_2_kings_18-19_differ.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 32 seem to present a different order of events compared to 2 Kings 18-19 regarding the siege and Hezekiah's actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_jehu's_overthrow_of_joram.htm">Is there archaeological evidence supporting Jehu’s violent overthrow of Joram and the circumstances of Jezebel’s death (2 Kings 9:21–37)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_dogs_literally_eat_jezebel's_body.htm">Could dogs literally devour Jezebel's body as described in 2 Kings 9:33-35, or might this be symbolic hyperbole?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jehoiachin's_reign_duration.htm">How long did Jehoiachin reign? (2 Kings 24:8 vs. 2 Chronicles 36:9)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">Who is on my side? who?--</span>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? <span class= "ital">who?</span>" 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.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who?</span> 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? <span class="accented">who</span>?" 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 <span class="accented">pessimi exempli</span>, if thereby his ends might be brought about. <span class="cmt_word">And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.</span> Eunuchs had become an integral part both of the Jewish and of the Israelite courts from the time of David (<a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">1 Chronicles 28:1</a>). 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 <span class="accented">chief</span> eunuchs of the palace, who had authority over the others, and indeed over the court officials generally. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He looked up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׂ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the window</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥal·lō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> </span><span class="str2">A window</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and called out,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֕אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is on my side?</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Who?”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or three</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eunuchs</span><br /><span class="heb">סָרִיסִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(sā·rî·sîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5631.htm">Strong's 5631: </a> </span><span class="str2">A eunuch, valet, a minister of state</span><br /><br /><span class="word">looked down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·qî·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8259.htm">Strong's 8259: </a> </span><span class="str2">To overhang, look out or down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at him.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:32 He lifted up his face to (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/9-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 9:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>