God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 9:35
35But when they went out to bury her, they couldn’t find any of her body except her skull, feet, and hands.
2 Kings 9:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
- New International Version (NIV)But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.
Context of 2 Kings 9:35
33He said, “Throw her down.” They threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and the horses. The horses trampled her. 34He went inside, ate, and drank. Then he said, “Take care of this woman who had a curse on her. After all, she was a king’s daughter.” But when they went out to bury her, they couldn’t find any of her body except her skull, feet, and hands. 36They came back and told him. Jehu said, “The Lord spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishbe. He said, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel’s body inside the walls of Jezreel. 37Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the ground in the fields surrounding Jezreel so that no one will be able to say that this is Jezebel.’ ”
Read all of 2 Kings 92 Kings 9:35 word by word
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְקָבְרָ֑הּ וְלֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ בָ֗הּ כִּ֧י אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם וְכַפּ֥וֹת הַיָּדָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 9:35
- Job 31:3Aren’t there catastrophes for wicked people and disasters for those who do wrong?
- Ecclesiastes 6:3Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things ⌞while he was alive⌟ and didn’t even get an honorable burial ⌞after he died⌟. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it ⌞still⌟ would have been better for him to have been born dead.
- Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations, all of them, have been buried with honor, each in his own tomb.
- Jeremiah 22:19He will receive a donkey’s burial. He will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 36:30This is what the Lord says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his own corpse will be thrown out and exposed to the heat of day and the cold of night.
- Acts 12:23Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 9:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35The skull - the feet, and the palms of her hands - The dogs did not eat those parts, say Jarchi and Kimchi, because in her festal dances she danced like a dog, on her hands and feet, wantonly moving her head. What other meaning these rabbins had, I do not inquire. She was, no doubt, guilty of the foulest actions, and was almost too bad to be belied. How literally was the prediction delivered in the preceding book, ( 1 Kings 21:23, The dogs shall eat…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-37Verses 30-37 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 the last. There is not a surer presage of ruin, than an unhumbled heart under humbling providences. Let those look at Jezebel's conduct and fate, who use arts to seduce others to commit wickedness, and to draw them aside from the ways of truth and righteousness. Jehu called for aid against Jezebel…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34-37The scene showing Jezebel's end fulfilled Elijah's prophecy against Ahab's family (1 Kings 21:21–24; 22:34–38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. found no more of her than the skull, and the palms of her hands, &c.--The dog has a rooted aversion to prey on the human hands and feet. 2Ki 9:36, 37. Jezebel Eaten by Dogs.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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