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2 Kings 9:30 · KJV

“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. {painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting}”

— 2 Kings 9:30

Verse 29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

Verse 31

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, {Had} Zimri peace, who slew his master?

2 Kings 9 — Context

28

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

29

And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

30

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. {painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting}

31

And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, {Had} Zimri peace, who slew his master?

32

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. {eunuchs: or, chamberlains}

Cross References

Jeremiah 4:30

And {when} thou {art} spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; {thy} lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. {face: Heb. eyes}

Ezekiel 23:40

And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger {was} sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, {to come: Heb. coming}

Ezekiel 24:17

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not {thy} lips, and eat not the bread of men. {Forbear: Heb. Be silent} {lips: Heb. upper lip}

1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning let it not be that outward {adorning} of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Isaiah 3:18-24

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of {their} tinkling ornaments {about their feet}, and {their} cauls, and {their} round tires like the moon, {cauls: or, networks}

1 Kings 19:1-2

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

1 Timothy 2:9-10

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}

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