2 Könige 9:30

30 Und Jehu kam nach Jisreel. Und als Isebel es hörte, da tat sie Schminke an ihre Augen und schmückte ihr Haupt und schaute zum Fenster hinaus.

2 Könige 9:30 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 9:30

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it
And of what he had done to Joram:

and she painted her face;
or put "stibium" on her eyes; a sort of paint, to make them look beautiful perhaps the same with powder of lead ore, the Moors now use to tinge their eyebrows with, and make them look black, which they reckon graceful, (See Gill on Ezekiel 23:40), this custom now obtains among the white Indians, who, to heighten the lustre of their complexion, and render their eyes more languishing, put a little black about them ^F14:

and tired her head;
dressed her head in the most elegant manner; not with a view to tempt Jehu, which she could not expect, being an aged woman; but for grandeur and majesty, and in the pride and haughtiness of her spirit, which she retained to the last, and resolved to keep up and show in her extremity and calamity:

and looked out at a window;
in a bravado, as fearless of Jehu, and to dash him out of countenance if she could; or she might hope, by such a graceful and majestic appearance she made, that he would be moved to spare her life; though this does not so well agree with what follows as the former.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Agreement of Customs between East Indians and Jews, art. 15. p. 65.

2 Könige 9:30 In-Context

28 Und seine Knechte führten ihn zu Wagen nach Jerusalem, und sie begruben ihn in seinem Begräbnis, bei seinen Vätern, in der Stadt Davids. -

29 Und im elften Jahre Jorams, des Sohnes Ahabs, war Ahasja König geworden über Juda.

30 Und Jehu kam nach Jisreel. Und als Isebel es hörte, da tat sie Schminke an ihre Augen und schmückte ihr Haupt und schaute zum Fenster hinaus.

31 Und als Jehu in das Tor kam, da sprach sie: Erging es Simri wohl, dem Mörder seines Herrn?

32 Und er erhob sein Angesicht zum Fenster und sprach: Wer ist mit mir, wer? Da blickten zwei, drei Kämmerer zu ihm hinab.