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.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
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;
And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him.
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