2 Kings 9:35

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.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. 34When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.” They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; 37and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”

2 Kings 9:35 word by word

וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לְקָבְרָ֑הּ וְלֹא־מָ֣צְאוּ בָ֗הּ כִּ֧י אִם־הַגֻּלְגֹּ֛לֶת וְהָרַגְלַ֖יִם וְכַפּ֥וֹת הַיָּדָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• They wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• her, but they foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• nothingלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• moreכִּיkîy · forH3588
• moreאִם'im · ifH518
• the skullגֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶתgûlgôleth · headH1538
• and the feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and the palmsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• of her handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for 2 Kings 9:35

• Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?
• Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,
• Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations lie in glory, Each in his own tomb.
• Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 36:30Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, “He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.
• Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and 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

Topics related to 2 Kings 9:35

• Decision
• Elijah
• Homicide
• Jehu
• Jezebel
• Jezreel
• Naboth
• Prophecy
• Usurpation
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Golgotha
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• Jezreel
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• Sink
• Tire
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Elijah
• Elisha

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