32 And he lift up his eyes to the window, and said, Who is on my side, who? Then two or three of her [a]Eunuchs looked unto him.

33 And he said, Cast her down: and they cast her down, [b]and he sprinkled of her blood upon the wall, and upon the horses, and he trode her under foot.

34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Visit now yonder cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a [c]King’s daughter.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:32 Or, chief servants.
  2. 2 Kings 9:33 This he did by the motion of the Spirit of God, that her blood should be shed, that had shed the blood of innocents, to be a spectacle and example of God’s judgments to all tyrants.
  3. 2 Kings 9:34 To wit, of the king of Sidon, 1 Kings 16:31.

32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot.(A)

34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”(B)

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