2 Kings 9:34

2 Kings 9:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.
• New International Version (NIV)Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when he had gone in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”

Context of 2 Kings 9:34

32Jehu looked up and saw her at the window and shouted, “Who is on my side?” And two or three eunuchs looked out at him. 33“Throw her down!” Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses’ hooves. Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Afterward he said, “Someone go and bury this cursed woman, for she is the daughter of a king.” 35But when they went out to bury her, they found only her skull, her feet, and her hands. 36When they returned and told Jehu, he stated, “This fulfills the message from the Lord, which he spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishbe: ‘At the plot of land in Jezreel, dogs will eat Jezebel’s body.

2 Kings 9:34 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֖א וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיֵּ֑שְׁתְּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פִּקְדוּ־נָ֞א אֶת־הָאֲרוּרָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ וְקִבְר֔וּהָ כִּ֥י בַת־מֶ֖לֶךְ הִֽיא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when he was come inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• he did eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Goפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• see now this cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• and buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• a king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 2 Kings 9:34

• 1 Kings 18:41Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”
• Esther 3:15At the king’s command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa fell into confusion.
• Amos 6:4How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
• 1 Kings 21:25(No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.
• Proverbs 10:7We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
• Isaiah 65:15Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name.
• Matthew 25:41“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.
• 1 Kings 16:31And as though it were not enough to follow the sinful example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 9:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34She is a king's daughter - Jezebel was certainly a woman of a very high lineage. She was daughter of the king of Tyre; wife of Ahab, king of Israel; mother of Joram, king of Israel; mother-in-law of Joram, king of Judah; and grandmother of Ahaziah, king of Judah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Leaving the mangled body on the bare earth, Jehu went to the banquet. It was, no doubt, important that he should at once show himself to the court as king. In calling Jezebel “this cursed one,” Jehu means to remind his hearers that the curse of God had been pronounced upon her by Elijah 2 Kings 9:36, and so to justify his own conduct. A king‘s daughter - Merely as the widow of Ahab and mother of Jehoram, Jehu would not have considered Jezebel entitled to…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. 34Jehu entered the palace to eat, silently declaring he had taken the throne.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 9:34

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

In the dictionaries

• Jehoram
• Jezebel
• Jezreel
• Perish
• Sink
• Tire
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Elijah
• Elisha
• Esdraelon, Plain of

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