The Defenestration of Jezebel
"30 And Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard, and she set her eyes with stibium, and made· her head appear ·good, and looked··out through the window. 31 And Jehu came··in at the gate, and she said, Is it peace, O Zimri, killer of his lord? 32 And he lifted his face to▵ the window, and said, Who is with◦ me, who? And there looked··down to▵ him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw· her ·down. And they threw· her ·down; and her blood was spattered on the wall◦, and on the horses; and they trampled her. 34 And he came··in and ate and drank; and he said, Dispose◦now◦ of this cursed woman, and bury her; for she◦ is a daughter of a king" (2 Kings 9:30-34 Kempton Bible Version). This episode involves windows, which are the apertures by which light enters houses; thus it involves the understanding in its consideration of what is good and true and what is evil and false. The common expression, 'The eyes are the windows of the soul', proceeds from this identificat...