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And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot <i>of ground</i> at Jezreel, and <i>there shall be</i> none to bury <i>her.</i>’ ” And he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one will bury <i>her.</i>’” Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.&#8217&#8221 Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury <i>her.</i>’” Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the property of Jezreel, and none shall bury <i>her</i>.’” Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel—no one will bury her.’ ” Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land at Jezreel—no one will bury her.&#8217&#8221 Then the young prophet opened the door and escaped. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As for Jezebel, her body will be eaten by dogs in the town of Jezreel. There won't be enough left of her to bury." Then the young prophet opened the door and ran out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Dogs will eat Jezebel inside the walls of Jezreel, and no one will bury her." Then he opened the door and left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jezebel will not be buried; her body will be eaten by dogs in the territory of Jezreel.'" After saying this, the young prophet left the room and fled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Furthermore, the dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel. There will be no burial for her.'" Then he opened the door and left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.?? Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'" Then he opened the door and ran away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.'" He opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The dogs will eat Jezebel on the plot of ground of Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and dogs eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying”; and he opens the door and flees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;' and he openeth the door and fleeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jezebel shall the dogs eat in a part of Jezreel, and none to bury. And he will open the door and flee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the field of Jezrahel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Also, the dogs will consume Jezebel, in the field of Jezreel. Neither will there be anyone who may bury her.’ ” And then he opened the door, and he fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the confines of Jezreel, the dogs shall devour Jezebel so that no one can bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and no one shall bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the inheritance of Naboth in Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And dogs shall eat Izabeil in the inheritance of Yizreil, and there is none who buries!” And he opened the door and fled.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.' And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/9-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2958" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/9.htm">Jehu Anointed King of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">And</a> <a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: bə·ḥê·leq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">on the plot of ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/3157.htm" title="3157: yiz·rə·‘el (N-proper-fs) -- From zara' and 'el; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites.">at Jezreel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3611.htm" title="3611: hak·kə·lā·ḇîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A dog. From an unused root means. To yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence a male prostitute.">the dogs</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/348.htm" title="348: ’î·ze·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- Queen of Isr. with King Ahab. From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab.">Jezebel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">and there will be no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: qō·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">to bury her.’”</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: way·yip̄·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">Then the young prophet opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: had·de·leṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">the door</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: way·yā·nōs (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">and ran.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a></span><br />And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a></span><br />Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">2 Kings 9:36-37</a></span><br />So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. / And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-10.htm">2 Kings 10:10</a></span><br />Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">2 Kings 10:17</a></span><br />When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15-16</a></span><br />He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. / And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Jeremiah 26:23</a></span><br />They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a></span><br />He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-23</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-6</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a></span><br />As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a></span><br />I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Isaiah 14:22-23</a></span><br />“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. / “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.</p><p class="hdg">the dogs</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-35.htm">2 Kings 9:35,36</a></b></br> And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of <i>her</i> hands… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a></b></br> And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Jeremiah 22:19</a></b></br> He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">he opened</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">2 Kings 9:3</a></b></br> Then take the box of oil, and pour <i>it</i> on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-26.htm">Judges 3:26</a></b></br> And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">Body</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-37.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-31.htm">Burying</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-38.htm">Dogs</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Door</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-24.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-20.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Food</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-37.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-18.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-29.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-20.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-3.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-12.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-9.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-7.htm">Ran</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-17.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Body</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-28.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-21.htm">Burying</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Dogs</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-9.htm">Door</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-28.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Fleeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-23.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Food</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Jezebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">Jez'ebel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-15.htm">Jezreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-17.htm">Jizreel</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-5.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-8.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">Plot</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-21.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-4.htm">Ran</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth Gilead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-4.htm">The prophet having done his message, flees</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">Jehu, being made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, and eaten by dogs.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And on the plot of ground at Jezreel</b><br>Jezreel was a significant location in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, known for its fertile land and strategic position. It was the site of King Ahab's palace and the infamous vineyard of Naboth, which Jezebel seized through deceit and murder (1 Kings 21). This prophecy ties back to the injustice committed there, highlighting divine retribution. Jezreel symbolizes the consequences of idolatry and injustice, serving as a reminder of God's judgment against sin.<p><b>the dogs will devour Jezebel</b><br>Dogs in ancient Israel were often seen as scavengers, not the domesticated pets we know today. Their role in devouring Jezebel signifies a disgraceful end, as being eaten by dogs was considered a dishonorable fate, especially for royalty. This prophecy fulfills Elijah's earlier pronouncement of judgment against Jezebel (<a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>), emphasizing the certainty of God's word and the inevitable downfall of those who oppose Him.<p><b>and there will be no one to bury her.’”</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern culture, burial was a significant rite, and to be denied a proper burial was a mark of shame and divine disfavor. This phrase underscores the totality of Jezebel's disgrace and the completeness of her judgment. It serves as a stark warning against the pride and wickedness that characterized her life, illustrating the ultimate futility of opposing God's will.<p><b>Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.</b><br>The young prophet's actions reflect the urgency and danger associated with delivering God's message. Prophets often faced hostility and persecution, and his swift departure indicates the seriousness of the prophecy and the potential threat from those loyal to Jezebel. This moment also highlights the role of prophets as messengers of God's truth, often delivering difficult messages with courage and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezebel.htm">Jezebel</a></b><br>The wife of King Ahab, known for her idolatry and persecution of the prophets of Yahweh. Her actions led to significant moral and spiritual decline in Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a></b><br>Anointed by a prophet to become king of Israel, tasked with executing judgment on the house of Ahab, including Jezebel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jezreel.htm">Jezreel</a></b><br>A city in the northern kingdom of Israel, significant as the location of Naboth's vineyard and the prophesied site of Jezebel's demise.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_young_prophet.htm">The Young Prophet</a></b><br>A messenger sent by Elisha to anoint Jehu and deliver God's judgment against Jezebel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/dogs.htm">Dogs</a></b><br>Symbolic of disgrace and divine judgment, as they were considered unclean animals in ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's pronouncements are sure and will come to pass, as seen in the fulfillment of the prophecy against Jezebel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry_and_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry and Wickedness</a></b><br>Jezebel's life serves as a warning against idolatry and leading others into sin, highlighting the severe consequences of such actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_leadership_changes.htm">God's Sovereignty in Leadership Changes</a></b><br>The anointing of Jehu demonstrates God's control over leadership and His ability to raise up individuals to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_messengers.htm">The Role of Prophets and Messengers</a></b><br>The young prophet's obedience in delivering God's message, despite the danger, underscores the importance of faithfulness in proclaiming God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_mercy.htm">Divine Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While God's justice is evident in Jezebel's fate, His mercy is available to those who repent and turn from their wicked ways.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">And the dogs shall eat Jezebel.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and Jezebel the dogs shall eat</span>. (Comp. Elijah's threat, <a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm" title="And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.">1Kings 21:23</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel.</span> This had been previously prophesied by Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/21-23.htm">1 Kings 21:23</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26, 27</a>). To an Israelite, and even to a Phoenician, it was an awful threat; for both nations alike buried their dead carefully in deep-dug graves or rocky receptacles, and both regarded the desecration of a corpse as a grievous calamity ('Records of the Past,' vol. 9. pp. 112,114). The dog was to the Hebrews, and to the Orientals generally, an unclean animal, and to be devoured by dogs would have been viewed as a fate which, for a queen, was almost inconceivable. <span class="cmt_word">And there shall be none to bury her.</span> Jezebel had no one sufficiently interested in her fate to watch over her remains. Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had kept watch over the bodies of the seven sons of Saul, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night (<a href="/2_samuel/21-10.htm">2 Samuel 21:10</a>); and in Greece, if we may believe the poets, life had been risked, and actually forfeited, to save a near relative from similar ignominy (Soph., 'Ant.,' lines 245-743). But "Jezebel had none to bury her." When she was ejected from the palace window (ver. 33) and fell to the ground, and was trodden under foot by Jehu's chariot-horses, no one came forth from the palace to give the bruised and wounded corpse such tendance as was possible. There was entire neglect of the body for (probably) some hours; and, during these, the catastrophe occurred which Divine foresight had prophesied, but which human malice had not intended (see vers. 34-37). <span class="cmt_word">And he opened the door, and fled.</span> The young man the prophet obeyed to the letter the injunctions which Elisha had given him (ver. 3). The moment that he had executed his errand, he fled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/9-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the dogs</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכְּלָבִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·lā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3611.htm">Strong's 3611: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dog, a male prostitute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכְל֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jezebel</span><br /><span class="heb">אִיזֶ֜בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’î·ze·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_348.htm">Strong's 348: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the plot [of ground] at</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֵ֥לֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥê·leq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> </span><span class="str2">Portion, tract, territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jezreel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְרְעֶ֖אל</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·rə·‘el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3157.htm">Strong's 3157: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [there will be] no one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to bury [her].’”</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹבֵ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then the young prophet opened</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְתַּ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the door</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדֶּ֖לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(had·de·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1817.htm">Strong's 1817: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something swinging, the valve of a, door</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ran away.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּנֹֽס׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·nōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flit, vanish away</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/9-10.htm">2 Kings 9:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/9-10.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 9:10 The dogs shall eat Jezebel (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/9-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 9:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 9:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 9:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>