2 Kings 9:30
And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29(And [it was] in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.)
31And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?
Cross References
Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
Jeremiah 4:30And thou, when thou are made desolate, what will thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet, though thou deck thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlarge thine eyes with paint, in vain thou make thyself fair. [Thy] lover
Ezekiel 24:17Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind thy headdress upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet. And do not cover thy lips, and do not eat the bread of men.
1 Peter 3:3Of which let it not be the outward world of braiding of hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on apparel,
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 9:17-30
Jehu's Approach to Jezreel. ( b. c. 884.) 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace?… Read the whole commentary →