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2 Kings 9:30

When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.

  • KJV King James Version

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.

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Cross-references (7)

Passages linked to 2 Kings 9:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 4:30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
  • Ezekiel 23:40 “Furthermore you sisters have sent for men who come from far away, to whom a messenger was sent, and behold, they came; for whom you washed yourself, painted your eyes, decorated yourself with ornaments,
  • Ezekiel 24:17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”
  • 1 Kings 19:1-2 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
  • Isaiah 3:18-24 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces, the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume containers, the charms, the signet rings, the nose rings, the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls. It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.
  • 1 Timothy 2:9-10 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.
  • 1 Peter 3:3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Being of an harsh and cruel nature she would…

Being of an harsh and cruel nature she would still retain her princely state and dignity.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Either hoping that by her majestic dress and carriage…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain The greatest delinquent in the house of Ahab was…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when he was come in,.... To the palace:
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. She painted her face, and tired her…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 9:30. Jezebel heard of it, &c. — She…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Painted her face - literally, “put her eyes in…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Stone, or antimony, to make the eyes look black…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Jezebel painted her face--literally, "her eyes," according to a…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain THE FATE OF JEZEBEL, 2Ki_9:30-37.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30–37. The fate of Jezebel (Not in Chronicles)
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) And when Jehu was come.—Rather, And Jehu came—i.e.,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 30-37. Death of Jezebel.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 painted her eyes, arranged her hair
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:30 The narrator returns to events at Jezreel. Defiant…

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