2 Kings 9:32
in 2 Kings 9He 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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ASV
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
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 9
Commentary
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Who is on my side
on 2 Kings 9:32-33
Jehu answers her window with a question of his own, who is on my side, close to the psalmist's own appeal against evildoers, and two or three eunuchs inside Jezebel's household choose him over her without hesitation. At his order they throw her down, and the horses that trample her afterward finish what the fall began. The men who owed her service that morning are the men who end her life by noon.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Jehu, who had seen the woman who had spoken to him and had recognized her to be Jezebel, ordered the eunuchs who were beside her to throw her out of the window, and they immediately threw her with force and spattered the wall with her …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the L ORD , at the hand of Jezebel.
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And he lifted up his face to the window,....
And the Psalmist ( Ps. xciv. 16 ), Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Note, When reformation-work is set on foot, it is time to ask, "Who sides with it?" III.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשָּׂ֤א | vaiyisa' | and he lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| פָנָיו֙ | fanav | face his | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן | hachalon | the window | H2474 → | 31 times |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מִ֥י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| אִתִּ֖י | ʾiti | [is] with me | H854 → | 929 times |
| מִ֑י | mi | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּ | vaiyashkifu | and they looked down | H8259 → | |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁנַ֥יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| סָרִיסִֽים׃ | sarisim | court-officials | H5631 → | 42 times |
וַיִּשָּׂ֤אand he lifted up
vaiyisa'H5375 →656 times
פָנָיו֙face his
fanavH6440 →2123 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹןthe window
hachalonH2474 →31 times
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
מִ֥יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
אִתִּ֖י[is] with me
ʾitiH854 →929 times
מִ֑יwho?
miH4310 →423 times
וַיַּשְׁקִ֣יפוּand they looked down
vaiyashkifuH8259 →
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
שְׁנַ֥יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֖הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
סָרִיסִֽים׃court-officials
sarisimH5631 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:6
So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Micah 7:8–10
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Hebrews 13:6
Through
Esther 2:21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
it leads to
- Esther 6:2
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Esther 6:2
Through
Esther 2:15Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask…
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:9
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
- Song of Solomon 6:9
Through
Exodus 32:26So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
it leads to
- Matthew 12:30
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
- Matthew 12:30
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 9:32; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.