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32 He looked up at the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three[a] eunuchs looked down at him. 33 He said, “Throw her down!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground,[b] her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her.[c] 34 He went inside and had a meal.[d] Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:32 tn Heb “two, three.” The narrator may be intentionally vague or uncertain here, or the two numbers may represent alternate traditions.
  2. 2 Kings 9:33 tn The words “when she hit the ground” are added for stylistic reasons.
  3. 2 Kings 9:33 tn Heb “and he trampled her.”
  4. 2 Kings 9:34 tn Heb “and he went in and ate and drank.”
  5. 2 Kings 9:34 tn Heb “Attend to this accursed woman and bury her for she was the daughter of a king.”

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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