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He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
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A Confident Summons
Commentators explain that Jehu's question, "Who is on my side? who?" was not a plea from weakness but a confident summons. Knowing the cruel Queen Jezebel was hated by her own staff, he was calling for allies to enact God's judgment. His decisive tone reflects his role as an instrument of divine will.
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19th Century
Anglican
Who is on my side? who?— This hardly implies, as Thenius thinks, that Jezebel had made preparations for resistance. Jehu …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he lifted up his face to the window On hearing the above words;
and said, who is on my side, w…
Presbyterian
Instead of hiding herself, as one afraid of Divine vengeance, Jezebel mocked at fear. See how a heart, hardened against God, will brave it out to t…
