Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master’s murderer?
And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”
And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace to Zimri--slayer of his lord?'
And when Jehu came in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of his master?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC