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.
Parallel translations
- WEB He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
- BSB He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
- NKJV And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
- NASB Then he raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is with me, who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.
- NLT Jehu looked up and saw her at the window and shouted, “Who is on my side?” And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
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Quick answer
Jehu called out for allies at the window, and two or three eunuchs looked down to him. Even Jezebel's own attendants turned against her.
Overview
Jehu's challenge, 'Who is on my side?', exposes how isolated Jezebel had become, as her own palace servants sided with him. The eunuchs' response reveals that the household had abandoned the queen. This abandonment shows the collapse of her power and prepares for the swift execution of God's judgment upon her.
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- Exod 32:26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
- 1 Chr 12:18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- 2 Chr 11:12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
- Esth 1:10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
- Esth 2:21In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esth 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
- Ps 124:1–2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
- Ps 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
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