2 Kings 9:31

31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri, you murderer of your master?”[a]

2 Kings 9:31 in Other Translations

KJV
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
ESV
31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?"
NLT
31 When Jehu entered the gate of the palace, she shouted at him, “Have you come in peace, you murderer? You’re just like Zimri, who murdered his master!”
MSG
31 When Jehu came through the city gate, she called down, "So, how are things, 'Zimri,' you dashing king-killer?"
CSB
31 As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "[Do you come in] peace, Zimri, killer of your master?"

2 Kings 9:31 In-Context

29 (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)
30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.
31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, you Zimri, you murderer of your master?”
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Kings 16:9-10

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "“Was there peace for Zimri, who murdered his master?”"
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