King James Version
2 Kings 9:31 in the King James Version says “And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?”
2 Kings 9:31 · KJV
And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. painted: Heb. put her eyes in painting
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
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. eunuchs: or, chamberlains
And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
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“peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
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