Parallel Verses English Standard Version 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. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and said : Who is this? And two or three eunuchs bowed down to him. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 2 Kings 9:32 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentJehu then commanded his aide-de-camp (שׁלישׁ, see at 2 Samuel 23:8) Bidkar to cast the slain man into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, and said, "For remember how we, I and thou, both rode (or drove) behind his father Ahab, and Jehovah pronounced this threat upon him." ואתּה אני are accusatives, written with a looser connection for ואותך אתי, as the apposition רכבים shows: literally, think of me and thee, the riders. The olden translators were misled by אני, and therefore transposed זכר into the first person, and Thenius naturally follows them. צמדים רכבים, riding in pairs. This is the rendering adopted by most of the commentators, although it might be taken, as it is by Kimchi and Bochart, as signifying the two persons who are carried in the same chariot. משּׂא, a burden, then a prophetic utterance of a threatening nature (see the Comm. on Nahum 1:1). For the connection of the clauses וגו ויהוה, see Ewald, 338, a. In 2 Kings 9:26 Jehu quotes the word of God concerning Ahab in 1 Kings 21:19 so far as the substance is concerned, to show that he is merely the agent employed in executing it. "Truly (אם־לא, a particle used in an oath) the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons have I seen yesterday, saith the Lord, and upon this field will I requite him." The slaying of the sons of Naboth is not expressly mentioned in 1 Kings 21:13, "because it was so usual a thing, that the historian might leave it out as a matter of course" (J. D. Mich., Ewald). It necessarily followed, however, from the fact that Naboth's field was confiscated (see at 1 Kings 21:14). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Who is on my side? Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me? Psalm 124:1,2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say... eunuchs. or, chamberlains Cross References 2 Kings 9:7 And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD. 2 Kings 9:31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?" 2 Kings 9:33 He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her. Jump to Previous Chamberlains Eunuchs Face Heads Lifted Officers Officials Servants Side Three Unsexed WindowJump to Next Chamberlains Eunuchs Face Heads Lifted Officers Officials Servants Side Three Unsexed WindowLinks 2 Kings 9:32 NIV2 Kings 9:32 NLT 2 Kings 9:32 ESV 2 Kings 9:32 NASB 2 Kings 9:32 KJV 2 Kings 9:32 Bible Apps 2 Kings 9:32 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 9:32 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 9:32 French Bible 2 Kings 9:32 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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